what century are we in and how does this all work?
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We are currently in the 21st Century. Since a century represents 100 years. In calendars based on the Christian Era or Common Era, such as the Gregorian calendar, the 21st century is the current century, as of this writing. By some interpretations, it lasts from 2001-2100, and the 3rd millennium lasts from (2001 - 3000). This is based on the argument that there was no Year Zero, so the first century began in year 1http://www.astronomyboy.com/millennium/. However, common usage often regards the 21st century as lasting from 2000 to 2099. In 2000 the International Organization for Standardization implicitly backed this common usage by declaring that there was a Year Zero (see 20th century). Decades are almost always considered as starting with the "0" year and named accordingly ("2010s", etc.), so the first decade of a century could overlap back into the preceding one.
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Apparently this is a book that deals with the Agrarian Age\nhttp://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/7f2ab8cafa4c6901.html\nAnd then there was this.\nBy W. Gerald Rainer, MD\nIn his book The Third Wave, Alvin Toffer arbitrarily divides recent time into three periods:\n\n·         I. Agrarian Age ca 8000 BC - 1700 AD\n\n·         II. Industrial Revolution 1700 - 1955\n\n·         III. Technologicval Age 1955 - Present\n\nDuring the Agrarian Age, man stayed and worked near home, did little traveling, measured time by the sun, and had little distant communication.\n\nWith the advent of the Industrial Revolution, man responded by becoming subservient to routine: 8-5 workdays, alarm clocks, working outside the home, early devices for more distant communication, and travel, sometimes for relatively long distances.\n\nPresently, during the Technological era (arbitrarily defined as the beginning of jet travel) and with increasingly sophisticated means of travel and communication, man finds him/herself less constrained by regular work hours and workplaces. Much work can be performed out of the home (if one wishes) and at any time of the day or night. Travel is rapid and communication almost instantaneous.\n\nThe relative durations of these three periods:\n\n·         Nearly 10,000 years\n\n·         205 years\n\n·         50+ years\n\ngive us reason to pause and reflect upon the incredible rapidity with which change is taking place, and makes one wonder how fast and in what manner new developments will be thrust upon us in the near future.\n\nUsing various modalities such as video conferencing, telephone communications, e-mails, and interactive programming, the need for large scientific congresses and seminars has been questioned. Considerable economic savings can be had by avoiding travel expenses, costs of convention housing and exhibition facilities, and staff planning expenses. Virtual meetings can be conducted without the need for one to leave home or office. What a remarkable possibility compared with only a few decades ago!\n\nWhat's wrong with this picture?\n\nAs economical and efficient as this high-tech scenario is painted, certain indipensible elements are missing --- the enormous and lasting value of human interchange; the handshake; the eye to eye contact; the opportunity for contemporaneous discussion and debate; the opportunity to make lasting friendships based on close professional and personal relationships; and the ability to collaborate freely with colleagues for the purpose of jointly developing new ideas, techniques, and novel approaches to problems because of the environment made possible only by intimate discussion and contact, and impossible by our wonderful, highly efficient modern technology that is so marvelous and yet so cold, impersonal and unfeeling.\n\nThis brings to mind the prescient observation of a philosopher of more than four centuries ago:\n\nNo man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the\ncontinent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by\nthe Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were,\nas well as if a Mannor of thy friends, or of thine owne were;\nAny mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in\nMankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the\nbell tolls, it tolls for thee.\nJohn Donne Meditations XVII, 1624
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So many things happened in the 20th century!\n\nTechnology boomed: If you don't have a cell phone, TV, or computer, you're seen as primitive.\n\nCivil Rights were established:  Women are much more independent now and have more freedoms.  Same with minority groups.\n\nGo with history.  Whatever historical event was important, there are social changes to follow.
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Ok...this question makes no sense.\nWhat do you mean "in what year" ...and which country are you talking about?
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*Pouncing* This is the 21st century, just as the last century was the 20th. Basically take the first two digits in a year 2006 as an example and add 1 (20+1=21) to get the current century.\nThe 21st century is the century that began on 1 January 2001 and will last to 31 December 2100. Frequently common usage regards the 21st century as spanning 2000 to 2099, though this method of counting ignores the fact that there is no year 0 in the anno Domini (AD/BC) year-numbering system. In 2000 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) implicitly backed the common usage by defining a calendar that places the origin of the counting in a year zero.\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/21st-century?method=6
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are you talking about marriage? because people go through lots of relationships that come to an end for one reason or another. My theory on marriage though is this. We live in a very different world then past generations much faster and mobile. My grandparents barely imagined leaving their immediate area much less being able to jump on a plane and be in Europe by the end of the day or talking to someone in Asia from their bedroom computer. My point is this people have far more options today than ever before. A census is taken in the United States every ten years. They ask about jobs and homes and cars. In ten years probably a very large percentage of people drive a different car and probably a large percentage of people have a different job and live in a different home. Are we so suprised then that they live their with someone else. Our whole lives are constantly changing and we are constantly switching to adapt. If we do that with all the material things why do people feel that our relationships would be immune to this?
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I can't tell you exactly how long we've been in existence, no one can. But to answer your second query with the way things are going i think we have two more generations of life left in us before total extinction due to pollution, religous wars or anarchy. Sorry, have a nice day.
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The best way to explain this is as follows: 19 + 1= 21st century. so, 20+1= 22\nAlways add one because 0 to 99 is one century basically. \n\nMore info for you.. I listed the link below for you as well.\n\nThis page is about centuries as units of time. For other meanings of the term, see Century (disambiguation). For a list of centuries, see Centuries.\nA century (From the Latin cent, one hundred) is one hundred consecutive years.\n\n\nIn all dating systems, centuries are essentially numbered ordinally. Thus, the first century of a time frame is "The First Century" and not "Century 0".\n\nThere is considerable disagreement about whether to count the centennial year (i.e. 2000) as the first or last year of a century. This confusion is documented for every centennial year from 1500 onward, and almost certainly arises from the introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concept of zero to Western Europe in the twelfth century.\nThe oldest dating systems were regnal, and considered the date as an ordinal, not a cardinal number. Thus, one speaks of the first year of the reign of King John for example. Obviously, the century problem does not arise in such systems. Somewhat later, systems arose dating from the founding of a dynasty, city or religion, and these continued ordinal, rather than cardinal, counting. Thus Ab Urbe Condita counts the Year 1 as the founding of Rome; Anno Domini as the first full year of Jesus Christ's life; the Islamic calendar as the year of the Hejira, so it is also latinized as Anno Hejira.\n\nIn the Gregorian calendar, the calendar that is currently used for most purposes nearly everywhere in the world, the first year is that of the traditionally accepted year of Jesus' birth. There is no "year zero". Accordingly, the first century includes the years 1-100 anno Domini, the first millennium (or period of ten centuries) is the years 1-1000 anno Domini, and so on.\n\nMore modern systems of dating (such as that of astronomical year numbering, used by astronomers) begin with a year zero. In these cardinal dating systems, it is perfectly logical to use 0 to 99 as the first century, and to regard 2000 as the first year of the twenty-first century. \n\nLL.
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Not yet.  We will be once our demands outstrip our resources.  Then it will be like the Dark Ages in Europe when many will die from pestilence and war.  After that, there will be more resources available per person than there has been in a long time.  There will be what can only be considered a new Renaissance.
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Sometime in the 20th century
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Join the 21st century.  We just knocked down one East-West wall, and we are trying hard to remove the vestigial traces of the cold war in favor of detente and prosperity.  Walls never have worked and never will work to keep out ignorance or progress.  We really need fewer walls and more friends.
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We live in a society of instant gratification.  You ask an answer here, and you get an answer instantly.  If you need to research an important topic, you no longer need to make a trip to the library.  Reliable resources are now available online.  Not so long ago, email was the fastest source of communication.  Now we IM and have cell phones.  We no longer make dates a week ahead of time.  We use IM or cell phones to make instant dates 1-2 hours beforehand.  We live in a "fast" society.  Technology has invaded our lives and put almost any information or task at the tips of our fingers, cell phones, computers, or blackberries.  \n\nBut you know what?  That technology has not been able to invade the roads yet.  We have highways and interstates full of wired people who live wired lives.  Every second counts.  All the technology in the world cannot prevent slow traffic, accidents, careful drivers, or folks who are lost.  \n\nIt is time to put that hurry up and get out of my way "rage" aside, and start waving at strangers with all of our fingers again!
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Point #1 some generations like the current 20 somethings, have a wealth of technology to make things easier,it has not been reckoned yet what the latest will find .....Point #2 it is better that too much is given than to live by the rules and only the rules and in the process not do for some what you are able.3rd question....only if they let the past make the rules for them today, they have to want to change their own mindset first.
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In the mid 30's.\n\nHealth care is where the money is right now.
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Many years ago yes. But no longer. What is your question?
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I don't think the people will think it's better or worse than now.  But if one of us were to pop up all of a sudden 100 years from now we'd be in shock.  The change in the world due to technology in the past 100 years is incredible, but the advances that the knowledge we now have are going to enable for the future are going to make the world an entirely different place.  Hopefully it will get better because the alternative is probably destruction.
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In the 1950's (in the UK) people were told work hard and save, come the 21st century you'll have better lifestyles. Work less hours, retire early and have loads of spare time to enjoy life and be living in a Sci-Fi type future. People had great expectations.\nWell all that seems have gone pear shaped, as people are working longer hours, expected to retire later and now have very little time to enjoy their lives. \n21st century? More like the 1940's. And I can't see the future getting any better.\nSorry to be a sourpuss.