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What are mundane actions we get to do everyday with technology that would be a superpower to people from before say.. the 1600s? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by lemuria@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] huf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this stupid meme needs to die, something like 30-40% of people lived past 60 in the 1600s...

[–] lemuria@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm just gonna generalize this to "any year before 1600" and edit the title

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

It's not about the specific year though, it's just that the average life expectancy includes infant and child mortality, which used to be a lot higher in most countries. This pulls down the average but there were still plenty of people who lived to 50-60. Our upper life expectancy is higher now, but not 50 years higher.