Comment by __turbobrew__
6 hours ago
> But, if somebody offered me a time machine to travel back in time and live at any point in history, would I take it? Hell no.
If given a choice I would rather be born in 1940s. 80 years of relative peace, prosperity, cheap education, cheap housing, only single parent needs to work, stronger community network, less overpopulation, better access to doctors, better wealth equality, and you get to partake in the first generation of computers before computers became a method of spying and manipulation of purchasing decisions. Honestly I would much rather be hacking on v6 unix than what I am currently doing.
Sign me up.
„only single parent needs to work”
I always wondered how much truth that was.
Turns out in 1950’s it was true for 65% of households. In 1960’s it dropped to 40% then in 70’s to 30% and in 90’s it landed at 20%.
So while you could support a family on a single income, it still was quite far from universally true and only most likely in the 50’s.
The monkey's paw curls, and you are born as any of the many many many people who did not have access to any of those things lol.
But when meeting friends, you’d have to agree in advance to a spot and time and wait aimlessly, so many times in the day. Then you’d pick up smoking or reading depending on your character.
Sounds wonderful.