So what do you guys think: hunter-gatherers, then feudal farmers and then now - how does median/average suffering per capita compare?
We all have better luxuries now than kings had hundreds of years ago. Less famine, life threatening situations and so on. But we do have a way to compare ourselves with best parts of lives of many interesting people around the world. We have antibiotics and painkillers, but we also seem to have way more options and anxiety.
I'd assume there's much less physical pain. But what about suffering that can be caused by things like depression?
Do you think it's about the same, much better, slightly worse?
We all have better luxuries now than kings had hundreds of years ago. Less famine, life threatening situations and so on. But we do have a way to compare ourselves with best parts of lives of many interesting people around the world. We have antibiotics and painkillers, but we also seem to have way more options and anxiety.
I'd assume there's much less physical pain. But what about suffering that can be caused by things like depression?
Do you think it's about the same, much better, slightly worse?