Next year, if she was still alive, my Mom would be 100. I think of the things she saw in her lifetime and in my estimation the 2000th century was largely the era of transportation. Think about it, from horse based travel to automobiles, and think of the advances they have achieved. Heavier than air flight, we think nothing of hopping in an airplane to travel hundreds and thousands of miles in a few hours time. And that does not even address travel into space. I submit that the current and coming era is communications. Modern electronics have truly made the world a small place. Just on this forum we have made friends around the world. When my Mom was born it was a big deal to know someone in the next town or county. Think of the advances that have come in just the last 10 years in cell phones and computers, it truly is amazing. Changes happened pretty fast during the 20th century, but in the 21st they will come way faster. People need to accept that the job they have or the things they do to make a living will need to change several times in their life time if they wish to keep up. Education will be increasingly important as more and more manufacturing and labor will be done by machines. It's an exciting and scary time ahead.

Pat