> Literally this article is about how on several important metrics, we don't overall have a higher standard of living. Can you show where this is? All I can fi

> Literally this article is about how on several important metrics, we don't overall have a higher standard of living. Can you show where this is? All I can find is that by some estimates, some people spent less time doing certain things than they do today. That is not a "higher standard of living" unless you want a completely shallow and de-contextualized feel-good talking point. Objectively improved standards of living over the 500+ year period in question: child mortality, caloric availability, adult literacy, crime, sanitation, understanding what _germs_ are... the list really goes on and on and on. It's not a conspiracy. People voted with their feet on this one.