For sure. You'll find that our notions of our own world and societies are also very outdated on average due to how rapidly they're changing (and by and large improving).

A wonderful, easy to read book on this that I recommend is Factfulness.

https://www.ted.com/playlists/474/the_best_hans_rosling_talk...

https://www.amazon.com/Factfulness-Reasons-World-Things-Bett...