Era Musings

The way our world and society is shaped has a lot to do with the norms and practices that we the people follow or do. The  eras of humankind have always been around, and have shown special times in the evolution of generations.  According to Merriam Webster, an Era is a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic. The term era can be subdivided into several categories. For example, in geology a subdivision of time may be the "Mesozoic era", or musical eras like Baroque, Renaissance, and Romantic. People may argue that the world may be better off today in technological terms, or that the music of back then had a lot more value than the music of today. I am glad that I am alive in this era of technological advancement, because it has made our world more efficient and communication is very viable and important. I also wonder how the world was several decades ago, and how the "future" may have been perceived back then.  I took an era quiz for fun to see if my result actually matched with what I was thinking of. My results were the 1960's and 1970's times for peace, ending war, music, dancing and disco? Yes, I was surprised with my results, but I did agree with the musical influences that were back then. The 1960's had a very interesting culture that made it into a well known era. For example the 1960's  hippie counterculture movement that had a huge impact on the society. I would travel back in time just to attend the concerts of the 60's and 70's music icons like: the Rolling stones,  The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, and many more. There are always pros and cons in each era, but each era has a characteristic that makes it special.