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Originally Posted by Brinty
None of the following things which we consider to be essential to living, had been invented 150 years ago:
Cars, refrigerators, radios, AC electricity, telephones, television, PCs and the internet.
PCs became available 40 years ago while the internet has only been available to the public for 20 years. TV has been available for 80 years. Radios have been available for 120 years. Cars have been available only in the last 125 years. Telephones came into existence some 135 years ago. AC electricity has only been around for 115 years. Refrigerators have been available for 116 years.
To put it into perspective, four and five generations back, these thing were not in existence or the earliest inventions were only just becoming available. That's going back to your great, great, grandparents and possibly their parents.
Or, another point of view - 96% of the time since Christ was born, these things were unavailable.
We have a lot to re-learn about living life as it was lived for thousands of years.
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On the other hand, we're still using some of the original ideas, like the wheel, the bow and arrow, wearing furs, using spears, and whatever else has survived the test of time.