[guy234]

The original text was from 1978 according to other sources

[bambax]

Ah, thanks. Yes it couldn't have been 2010 because he died in 2002. But the date this was written is important, otherwise his references to "the last decade" don't mean anything!

[yaris]

Many would say that "the last decade" (with the surrounding context) is timeless, or at least that it is still relevant today.

[Animats]

Right, it seemed earlier.