TheLemming@feddit.de to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoIf you could pick your time and location of birth, anywhere and anywhen in all of the world and it's history - which place/time would you pick, and why?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareIf you could pick your time and location of birth, anywhere and anywhen in all of the world and it's history - which place/time would you pick, and why?TheLemming@feddit.de to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareqooqie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI would too, maybe 200 years forward. I’m hoping by then most natural causes of death would be mostly figured out and poverty hopefully being a thing of the past.
minus-squareNoxvento@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoPeople in the 1800s thought the same. It’s not going to get better.
minus-squareqooqie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoBut we have figured out most causes of death from the 1800s don’t downplay the huge impact modern medicine has had!
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBecause that benefits the people in power as well. Ending poverty is just not something they are interested in
minus-squareMummifiedClient5000@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWe are doing a bit better now than we did in the 1800s though.
I would too, maybe 200 years forward. I’m hoping by then most natural causes of death would be mostly figured out and poverty hopefully being a thing of the past.
People in the 1800s thought the same. It’s not going to get better.
But we have figured out most causes of death from the 1800s don’t downplay the huge impact modern medicine has had!
Because that benefits the people in power as well. Ending poverty is just not something they are interested in
We are doing a bit better now than we did in the 1800s though.