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RE: It's OK To Be Angry (Pt 1) - Framework
I often wonder if some medieval dude got time-travelled to now, would he be absolutely tougher than us in every way? He shouldn't be... our diets are better, our health is better, we rarely have to forcefully defend ourselves, but I imagine he'd just crush us.
One of my favourite business ideas is a gym full of junk that you just destroy. Bucks parties pay extra for demolishing a car/cult.
I was just at a American civil war reenactment this morning, and was thinking something similar. The amount of violence witnessed in that era would have normalized toughness that your average man can't grasp today. But besides that, all the skills required for daily chores. Whether medieval or only 150 years ago, they would be so much tougher.
I remember reading somewhere that it really was only a couple of hundred years ago that everyone had to carry at least a knife for self-protection. Women, children, everyone... I can't even imagine.
I actually think that an average guy in 2019, would be an average guy in 1400. Our environment is different and we manifest our genetics in different ways.
For example, that kid who rages and smashes his laptop cause he lost in a video game...well, believe it or not, it's the same kid that would invade a beach and pillage a village. He channels his testosterone to other things.
My point is that there are better avenues for the modern man to conquer and dominate. Most males opt out of life and numb themselves, even though they have the potential.