ur grandpa lived to tell the tale

You mean just like how we learned about the 1920 pandemic?

Oh right, no we didn't. It was a footnote at best.

Our current lives really aren't all that special you know.

Uh, what? I absolutely was taught about the 1920s pandemic. Not so much about the disease itself or how the pandemic was handled, admittedly, but certainly about how it affected society and the politics of the time. It wasn't a whole unit by itself, but it was definitely more than a footnote.
- I guess I was taught it. There was a paragraph in our history text about it. The teacher said a sentence or two on it.
I think this time period in humanity is very special. It really does feel like the make or break of humanity sometimes.
- That's because you're alive right now. Obviously the events you experience yourself seem weightier than the events you've only read about.
- The 2020s were very important (and very rough) in Star Trek lore, too. Slightly different, but the similarities are striking...
I learned about it.
- I did too, but i'm over 40 so I can't say much for current educational systems.

Imma be honest, most of these events will either be just quickly mentioned or not even taught

Increased forest fires, covid, January 6, Shinzo Abe getting assassinated, and Ukraine will probably be mentioned.
Going past 2022, the India/Canada thing and Palestine will probably only be taught worldwide if they change the status quo. The string of military coups across Africa is definitely going to lead to something bigger, so that will probably be taught, and we’re probably in the “buildup” stages for a future event, when you look at the rise of neofascist leaders just everywhere.
- None of these events are noteworthy by themselves. Max they merit part of a sentence as an example of an ongoing trend.
  Exception if one of the events turns out to be a handy symbolic point to indicate a change in the world order.
  E.g. Serious human contribution to global warming which started in the early 20th century kept a pace and peaked in the early 21st century. Public opinion began to sour after an increased occurrence of climate disasters, such as tsunamis and forest fires.
  Or: The Russian successor state to the soviet union did make token efforts to reassert its power in Eastern Europe, such as the 2021 war in Ukraine. However those efforts ultimately proved futile and by 20xx all former Warsaw pact countries, excluding Russia itself, had joined the European union.
- We're in the "Archduke Franz Ferdinand goes for a drive" stage in history.
- I wonder if history books will notate the death of a gorilla as the flag for a turning point in social history.
- Shinzo Abe won't, neither will forest fires or January 6
Unless you're German. Then there is a 50% chance of going into every little handshake, OR you skip over it entirely to teach more about WW2
- "So we are a nation with history, but let's get to WW2 right now"

"it was a golden age, companies had record profits..."

History is written by the victors
- Poor Victors. You're just living your life, having a name you thought was normal when all of a sudden Bam! You're put in the history mines. Forced to pump out tomes until your fingers break from the strain.
- History is written by the victors subordinates.
  FTFY

Hmm... children, in the 2050s, in schools, ah to dream.

These last 5 years have just a utter shit show so many people who shouldn't have been allowed near power getting it

"Well, back in my day, ikeas were endless mazes with no exit and no one could agree on whether to like everyone or hate evryone"

I’m from Germany. All the history we get taught is the French revolution (for some unspoken reason), three times, and Nazi Germany. I don’t think that will change.

First, we're not even sure humanity will last until 2050

Second, children will be able to study everything with slides containing memes about our time

2015

2025