Were you in college in 60s? Did you fear you'd end your life in a dystopia?

[bobbieinok]

I was in grad school. So much changed, so much progress was made.

Yet still at times I'd wake up just sure that despite all that my life would end in some wretched dystopia.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I thought The Age of Aquarius would be perpetual.

Silly me.

[lapfog_1]

2. Road Warrior...

[anamnua]

4. As the saying goes

if you can remember the 60’s you weren’t there maaaan.

[Sneederbunk]

3. No, I feared I would end my life in Vietnam.

[Polly Hennessey]

5. I actually thought things would get better .

[former9thward]

8. I can't think of a single thing that is not better.

[Atticus]

6. "In The Year 2525---If Man Is Still Alive---If Woman Can Survive-------------" nt

[htuttle]

7. When I was a child in the 1960's and '70's, they were telling me I'd vacation on the Moon someday

The whole time since has been kind of a letdown, in that respect.

[Brother Buzz]

10. Hell, I'm still waiting for my flying car.

[The_jackalope]

9. I was a true believer in Progress

Science, technology and the perfectability of human nature were my touchstones.

Then in 2004 I realized that global civilization already had one foot over the precipice, and my entire world fell apart.

Life kind of sucks these days.

[customerserviceguy]

11. I'm younger than you

but I do recall being somewhat morose about an impending dystopia. On Earth Day, 1970, we were told that the world would be completely fucked up by 2000, with people stacked up, sea to sea.

Of course, it never happened.

[murielm99]

13. Maybe they were just off by

twenty years or so. Maybe corpses will be stacked up sea to sea.

[smirkymonkey]

12. No, I was just born, but never, ever expected that life could get like this.

It's surreal. I honestly feel like I am living in the Twilight Zone.

[Javaman]

14. living through the cold war...

and the insanity of ray-gun. I never believed anything less. nt