Will those of us who live, look back to the "oughts" and the "teens," when nearly everyone here had a car, and you could just get in and drive as far as your wallet would allow? Remember when gas was just a few bucks a gallon, and we bought cheap toys from China and fresh produce from all over the world? Remember dollars being the only bottom line? Things were simple then.

Remember when kids from a whole town went to one big school, and didn't bring home anything deadlier than chicken pox? Remember when you went outdoors to enjoy sunshine and fresh air?

Remember when we worried about one endangered species at a time? When the world food supply could theoretically feed everyone, and if we tried we could save the Earth? When disasters happened somewhere else?


It can be painful to look ahead from the end of a golden age. On the other hand, this is the biggest challenge we've faced since the start of the last ice age. What songs will we sing about what we did in The Good Old Days? What parts of this age can be saved, and how?