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"Those things happened in 1961, too."

The mind plays tricks about how one remembers the good old days. Most folks equate those "days" to childhood memories that were perceived as good while parents sheltered us from the bad.

The mind does play tricks with regard to time. High school was the worst 4 years of my life. But the older I get, the more those seem like the idyllic good old days.

I think the human brain is designed to retain the pleasant memories and discard the unpleasant ones.

I read most of the responses to this thread and I can confidently say that if any of them were suddenly transported back to 1961, they'd be howling for a return back to 2017 within 24 hours.

The only way I would want to go back in time would be if I was made younger and if I could retain the knowledge that I have now. Then at least I could take advantage by investing in companies like Microsoft, McDonalds, Wal-Mart, IBM and Apple early on.