science fiction and technology
The 90’s has been a decade full of controversial and world changing events. The first one I could think of would have to be the Persian Gulf War with Iraq. I think that war brought together the United States, stopped our fighting with each other, and helped us focus on one common enemy, Saddam Hussein. The next thing we did was send troops to Haiti and to Somalia to help protect the people and the failing governments. Once again the United States was brought together in a time of war. However, I believe that the one true Zeitgeist of the 90’s isn’t the wars that brought us together but the information and technology age that will break us apart. The way that new products are being developed each day in the next 10 to 20 years almost everything will be automated and many being will be out of a job doing nothing. The Internet is now one of the biggest things in the world today with the help of companies like American on Line, CompuServe, Prodigy, Phillips Web Tv and all the other companies that are trying to get rich off of it. They say people can stay in the safety of their home while they can shop, talk to people online and even send things
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Some common words found in the essay are:
IBM Aptiva, Terminator Terminator, Comptons Encyclopedia, Haiti Somalia, Gates Microsoft, Detroit Michigan, Web Tv, War Iraq, Hallmark Disneys, , human obsolete, internet offers, population base,
Approximate Word count = 775
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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