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Those athletes didn't have access to refrigerator, air conditioning, washing machine or Hacker News in their daily life.
by NhanH 10y ago
Those athletes didn't have access to refrigerator, air conditioning, washing machine or Hacker News in their daily life.
- epicureanideal 10y agoBut we also can't buy dozens of domestic slaves to act as air conditioner (leaf-waver), washing machine, story teller, and so on. Or have a low population so we don't need air conditioning because we own a villa on a (relatively) sparsely populated Mediterranean coast. Etc.
- thesmok 10y agoSlaves need food. It doesn't make sense to have slaves for leaf waving and laundry today because machines and electricity are cheaper.