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Oh, I'm not ruling out cyber-warfare at all, by the time the next great crisis period starts up. Whether or not the cycle as you see it happens, I still expect Wall Street, tech companies, the grid, pretty much anything sufficiently "wired up" or designed to process and store lots of data to...

Not an expert on computer tech, but I don't suppose data corruption could be a problem for future archaeologists trying to "reconstruct" their findings? Conversely, I can imagine universal literacy (at least, in First World countries) allowing common people to jot down their thoughts in diaries...

Sure, we've discussed that at length already, and I look forward to discussing it some more. However, my initial question was more to do with what ways the 20th century could be "foreshadowing" or "sneak peeks" for what's to come next? For example, I mentioned above that I'd expect Hitler and...

Yes, I'm aware the Industrial Revolution was mostly a product of the 19th century. I just thought to mention it, since the conversation seemed to "broaden" beyond just the more "distant" view future generations will have on the 20th century, taken alone. But anyway, I suppose we should move...

I don't suppose the Industrial Revolution will still be noted, though? Sure, lots of modern people consider it the great "paradigm-breaker" that changed everything, though I know you disagree and don't consider it as "fundamental" as they do, as established elsewhere. In which case, perhaps...

Considering how we have about eighty years left, I think we better see how the 21st century turns out before deciding whether Leo was right about the 20th being The Devil's CenturyTM.

Then I suppose that’s what future historians will lament, especially if Skallagrim’s already-established, macro-historical views turn out to be pretty much accurate. Of course, there are a few details I’d dispute and more “impressionistic” insertions I’d add. Namely, future historians looking...

But how big, relative to what this century will bring?

It's just 22 years behind us, and already "feels" like its own detached, entirely separate period of history. Yet, the 20th century was a massive, hundred-year conga line of bloodshed, social change, and technological advancements that overthrew the old systems and ushered in new ones, giving...