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> I feel what a terrible place and time I have been born in. I wouldn't advise the XIII century. Or most of the XX. Or the 5th BC. Or ... As a matter of fact,
by ableal 14y ago
> I feel what a terrible place and time I have been born in.
I wouldn't advise the XIII century. Or most of the XX. Or the 5th BC. Or ...
As a matter of fact, you probably just have "better" news of the world, not objectively worse conditions. There was a post about that recently ...
- 1123581321 14y agoWhy do you single out the XIII century? In Western/Southern Europe and much of Asia, it was in many respects a golden age. The XIV century was worse, most notably due to the plague.
- antoko 14y agoNot the GP, but maybe this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades C13 is 1200-1299
- ableal 14y agoPretty random, first thing that occurred to me. You probably did not want to be in this guy's path: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan (I may have been echoing an old SF story where a XXX century displaced person was telling a friend about his punishment for trying a ruthless power grab, which was being dumped in Warsaw in September 1939. However, he had bounced back, remaking a good life. But the "friend" was an agent who then proceeded to continue the punishment by dumping him in Baghdad before Genghis hit it ...). Anyways, pick a century, any century ...
- 1123581321 14y agoThe Mongols are exactly why I didn't mention the space between Asia and Western Europe. To tie in the Crusades comment below, I also didn't mention Northern Africa or the Middle East. Anyway, once again it seems I've read too much into a random number, similarly to when I jumped all over someone on Reddit for saying nothing happened in 1789!
- michaelbuddy 14y agoyup I think Steven Pinker has been writing about this lately, the past couple years or so. maybe longer.
- kerno 14y ago"The Better Angels of our Nature" by Steven Pinker shows that this is the least violent time in history. http://www.amazon.com/The-Better-Angels-Our-Nature/dp/0143122010/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 http://www.amazon.com/The-Better-Angels-Our-Nature/dp/014312...