Nothing in life is static. As a matter of fact, the speed of progress and advancement is increasing with every passing decade. It's good to reminisce once in a while, but it's better to look forward.
9. Key Realization
• Well over 200 professions (i.e.: Gong (Poop) Farmers and Knocker-Uppers (Human
Alarm Clocks)) have disappeared in the last 100 years, but well over 500
new professions were created (i.e.: Website Designers and Bloggers)
Yes, they made a
movie about it in 1934
More professions
will keep expiring as
new technologies
and habits emerge.
It’s an ongoing
process!
13. Even In Our Language:
https://wordcounter.io/blog/how-many-words-are-in-the-english-language/
• The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary
contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use (and
47,156 obsolete words). The number of words has more than
doubled in the last 100 years.
• Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 new words to the
dictionary (2017). Most of those words are related to new
technologies, new types of work (tasks), new behaviors, and new
professions. (https://people.howstuffworks.com/merriam-webster-
new-dictionary-words.htm)