The world became smaller as we and traded goods became able to travel faster and further.  When I was small I first travelled to Africa by boat, then later by prop plane with many stops and changes, then jet, and now non-stop jet flights. I never did get to fly on Concorde though.  I used to see the test flights when I lived in Bristol.  Hopefully we will soon be using electric trains powered by solar energy.  It is being worked on.  You can now communicate with pictures from the top of a mountain or a coral island thousands of miles away.  Computers used to be the size of a room and can now fit in your pocket.  Jobs continue to change, disappear or be automated.  Newspapers are disappearing as less reading is done and more TV is watched - we didn't have one when we were little and when we did it was small and the pictures in black and white and the programmes didn't run all day and night).  Shopping and meals can be ordered from your armchair and delivered to you ready to eat or ready to cook. Nothing ever seems to be fast enough.  As a consequence we are driven to be impatient and intolerant - and unfortunately as you so often see on the roads now - reckless. We are supposed to have the longest working hours in Europe and now that we are all supposed to work there are several campaigns for a four day week to achieve a better work:life balance  This might allow us to visit the high street more when the shops are open!

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
How or why did this change come about ?	06/05/19 10:31:00	Oswald Whittle
Re:How or why did this change come about ?	08/05/19 07:40:00	Nicholas Beard
Re:Re:How or why did this change come about ?	08/05/19 09:35:00	Graham Weeks
Re:Re:Re:How or why did this change come about ?	08/05/19 13:47:00	Philippa Bond
Re:How or why did this change come about ?	12/05/19 07:50:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:How or why did this change come about ?	12/05/19 17:53:00	Rosco White

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