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Modernity has unambiguously created a net increase in health. The key here is net increase, which can happen even if some of what modernity brought was negative.
Over time we gradually figure out what the negatives are and either remove or correct them.
- VoodooJuJu 3y agoThese life expectancy stats are deceptive because they factor in infant mortality. In the days of yore, if one survived to the age of five, one's life expectancy wasn't much lower than it is today [1]. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625386/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625386/