Lemuria@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-25 months 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-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up150
arrow-up150message-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-25 months agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareBananaPeal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 months 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.
minus-squareHudell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s a little bit of both. It was not rare to see people in their 60s but it was also not an age most people expected to reach.
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.
It’s a little bit of both. It was not rare to see people in their 60s but it was also not an age most people expected to reach.