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Let’s compare my quality of life to a king 500 years ago.

I have air conditioning.

I have running water and a toilet.

I have antibiotics. And all sorts of other medicine that actually works.

When I have to get an operation done I can go under anesthesia rather than it being literal torture. And I won’t be killed by an infection resulting from the tiniest cut.

I have literally endless entertainment. More than I can ever consume in a lifetime.

I have access to just about any piece of information that has ever existed and been made public.

I don’t have to worry about being killed by an uprising.

I can go on.



> I have air conditioning.

I find Spanish castels from 1500-1600 to be pleasant enough temperature wise even when it's +35C outside.




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