In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling

Re:In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling by brianwawok on Friday September 15, 2017 @08:35PM (#15262018)

> I find myself yearning for the days of old.

How far back?

50% of your children dying before 4 back?

No antibiotics back?

No dentists all teeth gone by 35 back?

Slavery is legal back?

We as humans have a very good skill at seeing the good things about past times and glossing over the not so good parts.

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Re:In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling by mixmastamyk on Friday September 15, 2017 @09:28PM (#15262250)

Thought it was somewhat clear, Amish plus antibiotics.

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Re:In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling by wallace_f on Saturday September 16, 2017 @12:29AM (#15262873)

Yet as all this tech and progress marches on at an incredible pace as things get better and better, the results are we've just hit a 30-year high in suicide rates in the US.

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Re:In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling by brianwawok on Saturday September 16, 2017 @08:50AM (#15264420)

Have you seen a chart of life expectancy over the last 1000 years?

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Re:In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling by wallace_f on Sunday September 17, 2017 @12:19AM (#15268217)

I don't think quality of life and life expectancy are the same thing, or even correlated.

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