societal advances smackdown (0-1750 AD vs 1751 AD- present)

Originally Posted by lumberjim

... If you look at it like.....the changes or improvements that have impacted our daily lives, quality of life, or lifespans.....I think I'm putting my chips on the post 1750 side of the table.

the biggest one thing I think might be in the communications area. I think bruce referred to the loss of skills or science due to non dissemination of the information.

Exactly, people have even been known to sing about the concept:

[Superstar]
(Voice of Judas)
Every time I look at you I don't understand
Why you let the things you did get so out of your hand
You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned
Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?
If you'd come today you would have reached a whole nation
Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication
Don't you get me wrong - I only wanna know