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Have you heard of the Mindset list, which tells much about changing times? If so, what do you think about its findings?

Asked by Arisztid (7130points) August 18th, 2010

It is a list compiled yearly that shows how America is changing. I shall copy and paste a bit of how the class of 2014 differs from those of, say, my generation. Here is the Mindset list from 2014 (link has an introduction to this study):
32. Czechoslovakia has never existed.
58. Beethoven has always been a dog.
4. Al Gore has always been animated.

One from the Mindset list for 2012
38. Lenin’s name has never been on a major city in Russia.

A couple more from the Mindset list for 2011
1. What Berlin wall?
53. Tiananmen Square is a 2008 Olympics venue, not the scene of a massacre.
45. They learned about JFK from Oliver Stone and Malcolm X from Spike Lee. (This means that they are learning about huge parts of history from actors, not in school)

I could list more but do not want this to be overly long.

This makes me feel old but that does not bother me. I am not bothered by how life has changed. What bothers me is history is being forgotten.

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