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> I find myself yearning for the days of old. How far back? 50% of your children dying before 4 back? No antibiotics back? No dentists all teeth gone by 35
by brianwawok 9y ago
> I find myself yearning for the days of old.
How far back?
50% of your children dying before 4 back?
No antibiotics back?
No dentists all teeth gone by 35 back?
Slavery is legal back?
We as humans have a very good skill at seeing the good things about past times and glossing over the not so good parts.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoThought it was somewhat clear, Amish plus antibiotics.
- wallace_f 9y agoYet as all this tech and progress marches on at an incredible pace as things get better and better, the results are we've just hit a 30-year high in suicide rates in the US.
- brianwawok 9y agoHave you seen a chart of life expectancy over the last 1000 years?
- wallace_f 9y agoI don't think quality of life and life expectancy are the same thing, or even correlated.