Dismal times man...

I was thinking about this when Reagan passed away and they were showing all these clips from his years in office. It made me think back to high school, (the Reagan years) and how dismal things seemed then. Cold War, Iran hostage crisis just ended, Shuttle launched for first time, Shuttle disaster in '86, etc. The world is a different place now, and it almost seems that back then things were easier, like your parents would always say about when they were growing up.
So it made me think, what's it going to be like in the world in another 20 years? More dismal than today, I'm afraid...