Oops.
Seriously though, my major problem with this essay (or whatever it is) is that this guy completely overlooks many of the negative aspects of the past, and focuses on <what was so good about 'the good old days'>. He has the illusion that the 40's and 50's really were some kind of Golden Age of Enlightenment. I don't argue with the truth of his experiences and observations of how much better life was "back when I was a kid", because I agree with them mostly, but his reasoning to back this up is this.