Lemuria@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-215 days agoWhat are mundane actions we get to do everyday with technology that would be a superpower to people from before say.. the 1600s?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat are mundane actions we get to do everyday with technology that would be a superpower to people from before say.. the 1600s?Lemuria@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-215 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agothis stupid meme needs to die, something like 30-40% of people lived past 60 in the 1600s…
minus-squareLemuria@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoi’m just gonna generalize this to “any year before 1600” and edit the title
minus-squareBananaPeal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoThis is a poor interpretation of average life expectancy numbers. Plenty of people lived into their 60s+, but due to high infant mortality, the average gets pulled way down.
Live past 35.
this stupid meme needs to die, something like 30-40% of people lived past 60 in the 1600s…
i’m just gonna generalize this to “any year before 1600” and edit the title
This is a poor interpretation of average life expectancy numbers. Plenty of people lived into their 60s+, but due to high infant mortality, the average gets pulled way down.