"Feels like every decade the world gets more complicated," Marian mused. "Increasing globalisation making rich countries richer at the expense of developing nations, while our constant desire to consume more and more destroys the environment and encourages slavery. The uptick in social media and facial recognition and increased security cameras making it easier than ever for corrupt authority to zero in on people who speak up and-" she looked at Art suddenly, realising she was not selling the modern world very well. "Uh, this probably isn't encouraging you to stay in the modern world with us, sorry. The world has just become a much smaller and larger place in the last twenty years."