After analyzing the first decade, a decade certainly full of great inventions and progress but also of great shadows, the decade between 1910 and 1920 was one of the most tumultuous in modern history. It was a decade that was surely dominated almost entirely by the first global conflict and the collapse of secular empires. But let us truly go in order, because otherwise we risk getting lost. 1910–1920: Great discoveries and technological progress. South Pole. Let's start this

Very often people say, "Things were better back in my day!", constantly criticising the era they live in, even when it is a time of grand achievements. So I asked myself: could it really be true? Are the old folks right when they say the past was idyllic and the present is always getting worse? Why don't we play a little game then? Let's travel through the various decades of the entire 20th century and see if the grass of the past was truly that green. Let's start with the fi