Life in the preindustrial world was incredibly poor and dangerous by our standards. World population was 1/10 of today, so there wouldn't have been food for mo

Life in the preindustrial world was incredibly poor and dangerous by our standards. World population was 1/10 of today, so there wouldn't have been food for most of us. Of course, our ancestors living then didn't have that comparison, and were possibly much happier than we are.