tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3219225678352610337..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: What *didn't* we have in the 70s?David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-62545715875384198842012-05-03T13:20:32.678+01:002012-05-03T13:20:32.678+01:00"that weren't invented in the last 15 yea..."that weren't invented in the last 15 years of profound technological change."<br /><br />It's not just technological change. We've had 30-40 years of economic growth too. Sure, bit slow at present, 40 takes us to the early 70s, but even modest economic growth compounds.<br /><br />Per capita GDP in 1970 was $10,700 (Angus Maddison's inflation adjusted numbers) and in 2008 23,700.<br /><br />Even with the distributional change everyone's twice as rich.....just about.Tim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-1361682065529136552012-04-29T12:31:03.579+01:002012-04-29T12:31:03.579+01:00The fax machine attained the age of 40 years durin...The fax machine attained the age of 40 years during the 1970s. Remember those films where the police wire a photograph of the suspect to headquarters?Charliemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964488383299624526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-76227036712122081682012-04-28T09:04:40.862+01:002012-04-28T09:04:40.862+01:00Perfect football pitches.
Modern players wouldn&#...Perfect football pitches. <br />Modern players wouldn't walk their dogs on some of the surfaces that top class football was played on in the '70s.<br />Don't mean that as a criticism of modern players, just an observation that pitches in the old days could range from bone-dry dust bowls to gloopy quagmires (the Baseball Ground springs to mind).Richard Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237260684135790673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-78509383043240531492012-04-27T00:27:10.310+01:002012-04-27T00:27:10.310+01:00alcohol on sale in garages
petrol stationsalcohol on sale in garages<br />petrol stationsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191045429638837308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-35014772151101982012012-04-26T23:10:55.801+01:002012-04-26T23:10:55.801+01:00Smokeless coal, too. Had to, in London. Cost a for...Smokeless coal, too. Had to, in London. Cost a fortune.Dave Heasmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03711280312725701746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-30035582365690258902012-04-26T23:09:20.985+01:002012-04-26T23:09:20.985+01:00Did have faxes. I worked for Dixons in 1972, and t...Did have faxes. I worked for Dixons in 1972, and the Operational Research guy got a fax machine in. Used via an acoustic coupler @ about 2 bps it transmitted orders to Japan.Dave Heasmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03711280312725701746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-42862845991463023892012-04-26T22:31:06.663+01:002012-04-26T22:31:06.663+01:00If you haven't yet - Howard Sounes Seventies i...If you haven't yet - Howard Sounes Seventies is worth adding to your Amazon basket, for it's overview of the decade (Martin Scorsese, John Updike, Diane Arbus, the Twin Towers) and reclaiming those years from the Abba, disco, spacehopper brigadeMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-11878460251503228952012-04-26T19:48:04.969+01:002012-04-26T19:48:04.969+01:00The old days weren't rubbish - at the time the...The old days weren't rubbish - at the time they were just like today - the present.LennyLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836727165401620361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-55141284632021878642012-04-26T17:48:41.463+01:002012-04-26T17:48:41.463+01:00What does seem "unarguable" is that the ...What does seem "unarguable" is that the old days were rubbishRichard Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158307426351408352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-26428277722100798472012-04-26T17:35:40.364+01:002012-04-26T17:35:40.364+01:00While all the above are unarguable, what I was try...While all the above are unarguable, what I was trying to get at are the things that people take for granted about contemporary life that weren't invented in the last 15 years of profound technological change. Every time I turn on the radio at the moment I hear people talking about the 70s. This seems to boil down to a discussion of features of the decade such as flared trousers, punk rock and the three-day week. What I mainly remember about that decade is how little people had. In that sense the absences are more telling than anything.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541581777824775884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-90552738585137147462012-04-26T15:53:39.432+01:002012-04-26T15:53:39.432+01:00No smoking venues
Nutrition information on food pa...No smoking venues<br />Nutrition information on food packaging<br />Remote controls<br />Bands that started or finished on time<br />Artist endorsed live recordings available after the gigMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-38061682685408470652012-04-26T15:32:16.032+01:002012-04-26T15:32:16.032+01:00Blogs.Blogs.smfifteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468550163136140715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-10468554762895853202012-04-26T15:07:43.774+01:002012-04-26T15:07:43.774+01:00Anywhere near as much overspending on credit.Anywhere near as much overspending on credit.ganofohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02278370802835160950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-8888553331420814622012-04-26T14:58:53.797+01:002012-04-26T14:58:53.797+01:00And are today's young people grateful? Are the...And are today's young people grateful? Are they etc.Nick Sydenhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021353448090904838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-9739885417209718502012-04-26T14:54:39.047+01:002012-04-26T14:54:39.047+01:00We didn't have 24 hour news coverage.. not a b...We didn't have 24 hour news coverage.. <i>not</i> a bad thing!Sean Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205593760627623307noreply@blogger.com