It’s easy to romanticize the past and wish one lived during a “golden age.” But was the past really that good? Fictional character Gil Pender gains insights on this question in Woody Allen’s film, “Midnight in Paris.” Pender takes a trip back in time where he has the revelation that not everything was golden: “These people don’t have antibiotics,” he lamented. Indeed, technological developments have vastly improved human life, yet we too often take it for granted, never understanding what life was like beforehand. Consider the impact of innovation on wine. Read more.
