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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think the question raised deserves a much more specific response: In what ways was the medieval world better than the modern world, and how do you know this?
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I wonder if a medieval person would hesitate for one second if offered a chance to live in our world? Our life would seem so fantastical to them - airplanes, cell phones, supermarkets, health care, holidays, literacy, freedom.
How many of us would last 24 hours living with stone age people in the Amazon or New Guinea, before wanting out?
Nostalgia for "simpler times" is great in theory, but quality of life now must be higher in most objective categories. Happiness would be hard to measure though.