In 2124, what will they say was the dumbest thing we did?

[fuzzybuddy]

The pics of the 1920s are "flappers", speakeasies and bumbling cops chasing the hero. So, what do you believe people, living in 2124, will think what were the dumb things that we 21st Century people did?

 

[Pepper]

Can't reply. POLITICAL.

 

[GoneFishin]

Break dancing at the olympics

 

[Murrmurr]

I hope they say advertise.

 

[CallMeKate]

That we freaked out so badly trying not to "offend" anyone at all... and then got so open minded that our brains fell out.

 

[hollydolly]

Political correctness

 

[JustDave]

That we all took ourselves so seriously.

 

[OldFeller]

That we extended life expectancy beyond what we can afford and beyond the usefulness of the average person.

People take better care of animals than they do people.

 

[caramel]

It will probably involve AI.

There's a huge catastrophe waiting to happen. Even the optimists like Sam Altman believe that. But people don't know what the catastrophe will look like or how it will happen.

In a hundred years, people will look back and wonder how people could be so naive to court disaster like that. But they're looking back.

It doesn't look the same looking forward.

 

[KathyB1968]

Avoiding politics and serious stuff...

Business suits. I think we will have suits for weddings, proms and formal occasions. But I don't think we will have them for everyday office wear.

People are starting to dress less formally at the office. Business suits are becoming less common. I think in the future people will think wearing suits to the office was a bit silly.

We are moving toward being judged in the workplace by how professional you act, not how professional you look. I see future generations thinking it would be silly that you had to dress a certain way to advance your career.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Break dancing at the olympics

My son's DJ constituent was ragging on the break dancing. I didn't see it but apparently he thought "street kids" would have been more impressive.
Re the OP: Screwing up the environment. I also can't answer the first thing that came to mind because it's political.

 

[DebraMae]

I am with those whose first thought is politics.

I would have to say the destruction of the environment.

 

[Radrook]

Inventing nuclear bombs.

 

[MarkinPhx]

Hopefully science will have evolved enough and people will look at our current drug ads and laugh much like we laugh at the drug ads like this that were published around 100 years ago.

 

[Jace]

Almost every other thing!!

 

[Judycat]

People paying other people to be their life-coach.

 

[Tommy]

Genetic engineering. Think of chemical pollution . . . then imagine "what if those chemicals could reproduce?"

 

[Beezer]

New Coke was the dumbest move of the 21st Century.

 

[Lara]

Voting as if it were a personality contest and not based on accomplishments.
Ignoring important things like policies, the economy, the citizens, security, etc

 

[Pepper]

I bet we have a differing view of what constitutes accomplishments?

 

[Lara]

Sorry, can’t go there Pepper. I was just speaking in general terms.

 

[papa tiger]

LISTEN AND BELIEVE INSTEAD OF ignoring and moving on with a perspective.

 

[Nathan]

Kudos to all that want to post something political so bad that they can taste it.... but somehow don't.

 

[Warrigal]

IMO the dumbest thing we are doing right now is delaying necessary action to reduce CO2 emissions.

 

[papa tiger]

But you first need to get the fact that all things pull more than they return except possibly Nuclear fision or possibly future fusion power plantS by the 1000’s. Getting Battery basic ingredients are incredibly CO2 happening. 30 years from 2024 be it possibly Battery / Solar vehicles happening at a 1/3 scale of need. Get real with what? Look at the obvious. Out of 1000’s of vehicles on the I-State less then 10 are Teslas.

Sure it’s possibly easy to fly hard towards total B.S. But It’s also crazy to play those odds out for 50 years! 95% of the vehicles on the street have to stop.

Thats the part the Liberal thinker just can’t get. Stay at home ! No AC. Night lights after sunset, outdoor lights, streetlights. all stores have to close no AC inside of them. O. O. O. O. O. Ooo. Oooooooo. Now you see what has to happen. Ooooooooo! Frozen craps done. See. No carbon needs no farts. Of course pure hells coming back to the human experience. Haha. Tell everyone.

Sure everyone is spoiled by what the past fools left with us. we can do a hell
of a lot worser and we most likely got Thea a coming.