Interesting perspective and a thought that I think resonates as true. To me, the 90s were a great time more due to the nostalgia of being a teen, girls (and sex) being my only concern, and the centrality of the ego in my life. This doesn't in any way diminish subsequent chapters, but after the 90s we certainly saw society change as a result of technology (the internet primarily) and the proliferation of information (true or mythical).

Obviously, the end of the arcades pertains to this forum but also the beginning of what some sociologists term "bowling alone," whereby culture shifted from being more directly communal to virtual (such as this forum itself). To me, it doesn't make one good and the other bad, but just different.

This is all probably more than you originally wanted, but it's my thoughts.