I've always been more pessimistic (much as I try to be an optimist). The biggest disappointment for me has been the slowness of the development of space travel. I thought we'd be on Mars be now! It's now been nearly 40 years since we walked on another planet (OK, moon).
I hoped the world (at least America) would be better about racial and sexual equality. That's an area where we seem a little better (particularly if you compare pre-1970 to now). It's not perfect, the bigots and the clueless are still out there, but it's better. I also expected to see a black president and a woman president (haven't seen that yet, but I still have hope) in my lifetime.
Everything else has been as I expected - gradual improvement. The Handmaid's Tale may have come true in other parts of the world, but most of the rational world has avoided such a giant step backwards.
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Date: 2009-04-28 10:54 am (UTC)I hoped the world (at least America) would be better about racial and sexual equality. That's an area where we seem a little better (particularly if you compare pre-1970 to now). It's not perfect, the bigots and the clueless are still out there, but it's better. I also expected to see a black president and a woman president (haven't seen that yet, but I still have hope) in my lifetime.
Everything else has been as I expected - gradual improvement. The Handmaid's Tale may have come true in other parts of the world, but most of the rational world has avoided such a giant step backwards.