[aeternum]

Even with those items, they have changed significantly. For example, how do you compare the value of a house that has indoor plumbing, electricity, central hvac to an old house without those things?

If the price of the modern house is 2x the old house, should it be attributed to inflation or a higher intrinsic value?

[vel0city]

Right? These days it's so much more expensive to pay a doctor to bleed you to cure the evils in your blood, and trying to find an available apothecary to sell you medicinal mercury at a good price is darn near impossible these days.