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by cornel_io
1242 days ago
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And now the average worldwide lifespan is 72, higher if you look at countries that are fully industrialized. Transitions suck for the people left behind, but that doesn't mean that progress is bad, it can really help people overall. |
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Technology and science changed the living standards. Not capitalism or industrial revolution by themselves. In fact, average age for adults was already within 60-70 range before the industrial revolution - what brought down the averages was children dying early. Medicine during scientific revolution solved that. In that period, every bit of knowledge was being shared openly by everyone, entire science and technology was open source.
In fact Capitalist mode of economics has changed that. It pushed patents, and it started to monopolize and control science and technology starting from the latter part of the 19th century. That is also why the pace of scientific progress slows down around that time.