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I cannot see how that could be true.

I don't know what world you live in if you deem our current society as a perfect place. Maybe you're a billionaire?




It could be true in the sense that you don't live in a cave, weren't murdered because of ever-marginally losing your physical edge at age 35, haven't died of a tooth infection, defecate indoors in a climate controlled structure, and can summon light as if by magic at any time of the day. Ignoring the rest, and acknowledging that this sounds like an aggressive answer. I don't mean it in that way. But there should be some POV on this incredibly rare era, even if it is imperfect strictly speaking. Maybe perfect is also the enemy of happy.


How many people you personally know have died of hunger? Have been killed in a robbery? How many of your brothers and sisters died before reaching the age of 10? How many of your own teeth did you have (or expect to have) at the age of 30? Have you been able to afford sugar more than 10 times in your life? How many times per year do you afford to wash yourself in hot water? How many people sleep in the same room in you? In your bed? How many fleas, ticks, mites and other insects to you usually scratch out of yourself? How many times have you been physically assaulted by someone in the last year?

Just coming from an assumption that you're an average HN reader, your answers to this question are radically different from what most of humanity would have answered before 20th century (first world) or the second half of 20th century.


I agree, but that's in no way, shape or form, an utopia.

It's better than before, sure. But an utopia? Not even close.


>a utopia by any reasonable historical standard

So... right, exactly what he said.




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