In 2006 we weren't running with supercomputers and high definition cameras able to broadcast to the world within seconds of pulling it out...
Anyway, outside of tech, we're at the start of a Godzilla El Nino and 6 or 7 climate tipping points already tipped; there's a genocide while we're busy having influencer-induced FOMO (1), fascism rising and resource shortages aren't getting better (Guess why gas is so high at the moment...).