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Scientific thinking took a hit in this decade. While it became obvious that there was overwhelming evidence for the existence of man-made climate change and against the existence of harmful effects of vaccination, network executives and politicians quickly discovered that there was a noticeable fraction of the population who did not want to believe the science for whatever reasons. Climate-change deniers and anti-vaxxers became groups to be appealed to, rather than dismissed as inconsequential fringe movements. |
Scientific thinking took a hit in this decade. While it became obvious that there was overwhelming evidence for the existence of man-made climate change and against the existence of harmful effects of vaccination, network executives and politicians quickly discovered that there was a noticeable fraction of the population who did not want to believe the science for whatever reasons. Climate-change deniers and anti-vaxxers became groups to be appealed to, rather than dismissed as inconsequential fringe movements. |
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The 2010s was the decade of the $1000 cellphone. For many people, their most powerful (and most expensive) computer was the one they carried in their pocket - or, toward the end of the decade, in their hands at all times. This has had an effect on how entertainment has been produced: as the television screen loses importance to the smartphone screen, games and shows have followed suit to accommodate the easy portability of entertainment. |
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See Also: [[The Roaring Twenties]], [[The Great Depression]], [[The Forties]], [[The Fifties]], [[The Sixties]], [[The Seventies]], [[The Eighties]], [[The Nineties]], and [[Turn of the Millennium]]. |
See Also: [[The Roaring Twenties]], [[The Great Depression]], [[The Forties]], [[The Fifties]], [[The Sixties]], [[The Seventies]], [[The Eighties]], [[The Nineties]], and [[Turn of the Millennium]]. |
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