This is a list of top 10 world events that marked the first decade of the 21st century. I did this through what I consider as most significant in term of impact to the peoples, maybe fisherman in Banda Aceh or Wall Street Banker. Obviously many events are not accounted for in term of casualty and loss with natural disasters and man-made conflict. Certain selection may be even be considered as controversial such as no.2 below. Why is not iPhone or Facebook selected? Likewise, no 8-10 maybe contentious as well. This is no science and certainly abitrariness on my part is inevitable.
1. 10 March 2000
Dot-Com busted. Nasdaq tanked from 5132 on 10 March 2000 until October 2002 wiping out 5 trillion in market value.
2. October 2000
Google Adwords launched and since the world information becomes more accessible through Google's internet search technology
3. September 11, 2001
The American learns the word security and the air travel becomes less convenient experience
4. January 1, 2002
The world monetary system gains a new and powerful currency - Euro
5. Feb-April 2003
SARS outbreak reshapes peoples view on hygience and mask wearing extend from medical field to community
6. December 26, 2004
The word tsunami becomes popular vocabulary after arguably one of the least expected natural catastrophe
7.September 2008
Lehman collapsed and the world hit by the worst global recession since the Great Depression. Finance pages are all about credit crunch and stimulus packages.
8. 4 November 2008
Barack Obama won the American Presidential election and we are now watching the history unfolding
9. 1 October 2009
Marking the emergence of an aspiring world power with mixed record where observers are still arguing whether she will be good or evil
10. December 2009
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference - what the earth will be?
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I quite agree with the list myself. And this is a good time to look back and appreciate them. Those are certainly the epoch-making events, those that one would have personal recollections of what each meant to them.
But many more changes in the past 10 years are more quiet and only apparent on hindsight. Like:
(1) when music became something to download,
(2) when telecomunications became "free" with VoIP/Skype,
(3) when finding stuff becomes "googling"
(4) when when email and SMSs becomes one
(5) when the costs of flying becomes competitive with the cost of a meal
(6) when Internet becomes fast and mobile and everywhere
(7) when its fashionable to be Chinese
(8) when its second nature to be Green conscious
(9) when food should (ideally) be organic,
(10) when TVs means flat-screen and hooked to cable/satellite
(11) when getting the post no longer means finding personal mail
(12) when people finds it normal to be writing stuff on blogs or Facebook or Twitter for the world at large
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