The+Dark+Decade++NV

This decade is "The Dark Decade" because there were several bloody wars, natural disasters, and the worst terrorist attack ever. Some of the wars were like the invasion of Iraq, drone attacks on Pakistan, and the war in Afghanistan. For the natural disasters were Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the earthquake in Haiti. The terrorist attack include 911. Not to mention the worldwide recession.

Thanks to technology, though, education and literacy levels rose, while war, poverty, and disease declined. More people, mostly women, became better educated, so in turn child mortality has dropped and life expectancy has increased. even HIV/AIDS and destruction of the environment isn't completely hopeless. These technological advances gave us the iPod, Facebook, HD tv.