TheLemming to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 11 months 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-square43fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-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 to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square@qooqie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•11 months 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-square@Noxvento@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•11 months agoPeople in the 1800s thought the same. It’s not going to get better.
minus-square@qooqie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•11 months agoBut we have figured out most causes of death from the 1800s don’t downplay the huge impact modern medicine has had!
minus-squareMaggiWuerzelinkfedilink1•11 months agoBecause that benefits the people in power as well. Ending poverty is just not something they are interested in
minus-square@MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months 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.