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> I cant imagine any other period of time being more exciting to live in. You must be very much lacking imagination. Greek philosophers century, Chinese warrin

by gbog 15y ago

> I cant imagine any other period of time being more exciting to live in. You must be very much lacking imagination. Greek philosophers century, Chinese warring states, Italian Renaissance, French Lumieres, Worldwide exploration, all off them must have been much more exciting time. Discovering a new country with unknown people and animals, risking your own life and your team's every single day... Don't tell me it compares with inventing yet another way to procrastinate on the Web.

daleharvey 15y ago
Particularly coming from a relatively poor family, I wouldn't need to think twice. Those experiences would be great but statistically you would have died young with an uneventful life, likely never hearing about and definitely not seeing these amazing new places/things being discovered
- gbog 15y ago
  I think during worldwide exploration or Napoleonic wars there was smaller social barriers.
tg3 15y ago
The Era of Warring States...covers the Iron Age period from about 475 BC to the reunification of China under the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC. [1] The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century [2] The Age of Discovery...was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century [3] The examples you've provided are all compressed due to our lense being distant on a time scale. The information age, by comparison, is ~30 years old, and has led to the ability of half of the world to access knowledge that before now was hardly available to world leaders. The sheer scale of the population that the information age has impacted and will impact makes it much more exciting than the examples you cite. The fact that people of most social classes are taking part in the changes we're seeing makes it truly revolutionary. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_Period http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_Period [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Exploration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Exploration

by gbog 15y ago

daleharvey 15y ago

Particularly coming from a relatively poor family, I wouldn't need to think twice. Those experiences would be great but statistically you would have died young with an uneventful life, likely never hearing about and definitely not seeing these amazing new places/things being discovered

gbog 15y ago
I think during worldwide exploration or Napoleonic wars there was smaller social barriers.

tg3 15y ago

The Era of Warring States...covers the Iron Age period from about 475 BC to the reunification of China under the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC. [1] The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century [2] The Age of Discovery...was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century [3] The examples you've provided are all compressed due to our lense being distant on a time scale. The information age, by comparison, is ~30 years old, and has led to the ability of half of the world to access knowledge that before now was hardly available to world leaders. The sheer scale of the population that the information age has impacted and will impact makes it much more exciting than the examples you cite. The fact that people of most social classes are taking part in the changes we're seeing makes it truly revolutionary. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_Period http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_Period [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Exploration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Exploration