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I think there’s a fairly reasonable argument to be made that the (super)majority people today are better off than they would have been 2-500 years ago, at least
by jmb99 2y ago
I think there’s a fairly reasonable argument to be made that the (super)majority people today are better off than they would have been 2-500 years ago, at least in most of the world.
- lazide 2y agoNear as I can tell, folks have no idea (really) how bad it could be, since most of the really significant shifts have been in removing a lot of major problems. For example, eradicating Smallpox. Controlling Measles, Polio, Tetanus. Synthetic fertilizers eliminating famines in all but the most dysfunctional areas, etc. It used to be dying of disease or famine was a huge problem in much of the world. Now it is only in tiny, very broken areas, for relatively small portions of the population.
- DrNosferatu 2y agoThen why average homeownership rate - at a same given age - is much lower for younger generations? Here's some actual data: https://ifs.org.uk/data-items/average-homeownership-age-people-born-different-decades https://ifs.org.uk/data-items/average-homeownership-age-peop... PS: Obviously my comment above was about contemporary generations: sure, we live better today than in the middle ages. But how relevant is that?