The term “modern” usually refers to 1945-present, will this ever change? Has it ever changed? When something is “modern” it is current, but modern art is a style that isn’t used much anymore. Who makes these decisions and when do they decide?
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It’s difficult to define ‘ages’ when you’re still in them.
Historically, Kings & Queens and Empires & Dynasties had the most significant change on the way a country’s population, demographics, culture – everything – could be measured. After the first and second world wars that changed quite significantly, and republics became the norm. This meant cultural milieu changed massively and was less easy to define in terms of just ‘Elizabethan’ or ‘Georgian’ (to use the UK as an example).
The ‘modern’ era is also so-called because of nuclearisation and officially began on July 16, 1945 following the detonation of the first nuclear weapon in history.
From then until 1963, a carbon isotope (a kind of atom) called carbon-14 (^(14)C) doubled in our atmosphere. ^(14)C is used in an archeological process called ‘carbon dating’ – which you may have heard of – and this significant change in ^(14)C has totally upset the detectable levels of said atom in biological organisms.
The so-called [Bomb Pulse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_pulse) will level off in 2030, and perhaps a new era will start then. Or perhaps not. It’s arcane.
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