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Re:Bill Gates: My Plan to Improve Our World, and How You Can... by jorgem on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:32PM (#6721312)
Maybe it's safe to say that quality of life has generally improved for the human race over the last 100k years.
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Re:Bill Gates: My Plan to Improve Our World, and How You Can... by tcdent on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:42PM (#6721398)
I think you should do a little more research before coming to that conclusion. Personally, I am not comfortable presenting any decision on that as fact.
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Re:Bill Gates: My Plan to Improve Our World, and How You Can... by rsheridan6 on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @12:23AM (#6723519)
It is not safe to say that. By many measures, including height, disease burden, and hours worked per week, paleolithic man was better off than his descendants until pretty recently.
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