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Reminder that everything was better in the past. Prior to WW1 you could travel around most of Europe without even a passport too.

• ramenlover 9mo ago
  Everything but lifespan I think. So Expected Value of life remains flat over time.
  • dhosek 9mo ago
    I think I’d pick a shorter high-quality life over a longer low-quality one given the choice.
    • hexbin010 9mo ago
      uff that's a brave opinion in most circles
• deleted 9mo ago
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• hexbin010 9mo ago
  Apart from medicine, travel speeds, cost of travel, life expectancy, hot showers, central heating, cars, dentistry, sanitation, civil rights, and fewer childbirth deaths... you're absolutely right
  • sebastiennight 9mo ago
    > travel speeds Based on my experience on L.A.'s "Pacific Surfliner", I'm pretty sure American train speeds have been on the decline since 1926.
    • hexbin010 9mo ago
      I hear planes are pretty fast
• ZeroConcerns 9mo ago
  Well, I can travel around most of Europe without a passport right now? ID card will do just fine, even though, really, nobody ever asks me for that either. Meanwhile, my life expectancy is, like at least twice that 'prior to WW1' and my disposable income at least 20 times my take-home pay in 1917. Bloody EU, innit...
• nonethewiser 9mo ago
  There also wasn't socialized healthcare
  • scrlk 9mo ago
    Bismarck introduced socialised healthcare in 1883.
• crossroadsguy 9mo ago
  And much before that there were no passports. Maybe you have a point. Say Columbus et cetera :D