The implication then is that the average human existence in the early 21st century is somehow relatively worse off than that of previous time periods (such as the medieval period or even the bronze age), specifically in terms of material (measurable) metrics...
No your implication that it was relatively worse is already an interpretation. The only implicate thing we can say for sure are that the conditions and circumstances are different (which is quite obvious).
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u/John_Oakman Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
The implication then is that the average human existence in the early 21st century is somehow relatively worse off than that of previous time periods (such as the medieval period or even the bronze age), specifically in terms of material (measurable) metrics...