The Best Time to Have Lived in America

Many fantasize about living in a different decade or even a different century other than the one they were born into. Many people choose postwar America.

Sure, people think of this when they think of 50s America.

But this was also 50s America:

So, there is good and bad in every period of history. But I think of it every now and then, because I don't particularly like living in the era of Donald Trump. Yes, of course there are many great things about living now, including the technology that allows me to write this blog. But every day, I am reminded that a convicted felon was elected president of the United States. 

Still and all, I think it's a great time to be alive. i especially like the artificial intelligence that let's me take a deep dive into any subject that flies into my head. Used to be, this involved a trip to the public library. Now, all I have to do type my query into the computer, and the answers appear in seconds.