School only dates back until 1914 or so. In the US, tax-supported public schools have existed since before the Revolution, and Europe and China had high-qualit

School only dates back until 1914 or so. In the US, tax-supported public schools have existed since before the Revolution, and Europe and China had high-quality school systems hundreds of years before that. Education wasn't available to farm workers or other laborers, of course, but there were enough middle-class people to support reasonably competent education. Modern psychoactive drugs weren't around until the 50s. People have been getting high for thousands of years, on anything they can find. It's probably the second oldest recreational activity, next to sex. If anything, modern strides towards quality control and safety have made getting high safer than it ever has been. The Internet and lack of exercise are both new. The Internet is new, but scholarship isn't. Monks spent years copying manuscripts by hand, which is difficult but involves very little physical effort. Can't comment much on our diets, but I know crops from modern farms have a lot less nutrients than food grown the traditional way. [citation needed]. Seriously, this is the sort of absurd claim you find on health-nut sites. Do you also believe cell phones cause cancer, or that vaccines cause autism?