Top 100 defining cultural moments of the noughties

[Azhria]

From pop to opera, television to art, our award-winning team of critics have sifted through the past 10 years to find the moments that signalled a change in the cultural life of Britain and the rest of the world.


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Are we all in agreement with this list?

[Kitty]

Since I don't pay close attention to pop culture, there are many references in that article that I'm not familiar with.

I guess if I had to name the most important cultural moments/innovations of the past decade, the Internet itself would be right at the top of my list. Of course, the Worldwide Web did exist prior to the year 2000, but at that time it had not taken on the importance it has today - culturally, socially, politically, and economically. And it's continuing to evolve as we speak.

Also there's the expansion of the publishing industry into print-on-demand, eBooks, and other web-supported or web-based modes of publishing.

I'd also have to put the invention and mainstreaming of the digital camera on my list as well.

[johnfromoz]

I can't get to that site - I'm not ignoring you though! I expect to dump dial-up over the next couple of weeks so I hope this thread still lives.

I think Kitty has picked the key events. I'd add that prior to about 2000 the Web seemed to have a different character. It was still an "information super highway" rather than a winding, seedy set of alleyways. It seemed safer and less frequented by people trying to burn out or take over my computer or fleece me of dollars or identity. It also seemed to run faster (dialup, remember) which I attribute to three things;
- simpler webpage design with fewer bells 'n' whistles needing more time to download themselves and whatever runs them
- less time required for all the security stuff we now need to vet whatever we download
- less traffic from spam and from nasty little packages exploiting mailboxes of the vulnerable

Maybe I need to see the article before waxing any more verbose