For example, buildings and houses more than a hundred years old keep getting more and more rare, and often have an aesthetic that stands out, more ornate or with a particular style that most people can’t afford today or that is not financially convenient etc. But back in the day, that’s how things were built and most people didn’t put much thought into it.
Another example, illustrations for advertisements ( either billboards or magazines). Up until the 60s (declining from the 70s onwards) a lot of ads had hand drawn illustrations, which required a lot of skill and talent to make. Yet people took them for granted, it was the standard quality of illustration for ads.
So the question is, are we currently mass producing something that will be seen in a similar light in a couple of generations? Thoughts?
The sky, mostly open and noiseless, without drones.
Remember how quiet it was outside after 9/11? And the first time you saw a plane after that?
Do people in cities have planes circling them 24/7 or something? I see like a few planes every month maybe and I live not far from a city with an international airport.
I live within 20 miles of a big airport, a smaller commercial airport, and a small (mostly private and corporate) airport. We used to live in line with the runway of the small airport and I insisted to my husband that the lights were dimming every time a plane went over. It was just a shadow. Daily you don’t really notice it unless you’re doing something outside that’s quiet, but when it was gone, it was shocking how much we noticed the absence.
I think this was common to any era before though and I took the OP as something unique to this era. I mean we still have some nature and oxygen levels are decent to.