> For that matter, would you be willing to roll the dice and change places with a random "free" human being living 5,000 years ago? We're all priviledged for b

> For that matter, would you be willing to roll the dice and change places with a random "free" human being living 5,000 years ago? We're all priviledged for being literate and having access to the internet. A more representative what-if would be to choose between trading places with a random person 5000 years ago, or with a random modern person anywhere in the world. I would rather trade within the modern world, but it's nowhere nearly as sure a thing.