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There has never been as big a proportion of the population that is educated and literate as what we have now. For all their wisdom, our predecessors were engage

by Bakary 4y ago

There has never been as big a proportion of the population that is educated and literate as what we have now. For all their wisdom, our predecessors were engaged in the same constant warfare and genocide, whilst also having more restrictive social norms and a lower tolerance of the eccentric. There's also the fact that if we are still talking about a story from 1883, it says more about the quality of that specific work than the average of the era.

NateEag 4y ago
> There's also the fact that if we are still talking about a story from 1883, it says more about the quality of that specific work than the average of the era. Yes, exactly! Old things that are still remembered have passed a lot of filters, significantly raising the probability that they're worth attending to. It's not going to be true for everything, but it's a helpful role of thumb.