in markets based on addiction the top 10% of it's users provide 90% of it's income on average. That shows how broken we as people are toward addiction I think

But individual rights where looked at more back than

more you say?

Yes look at patons

Hmm, well I disagree.

Also people must be motivated to produce reverence was more of a thing

@Rouqen we have that crap in the US as well, the damage it does to them in their last 2 years of life is horrific

Not to say it doesnt happen but its been kind of demonized

I think we're pretty much the same as we have been. Our ability has only changed.

Well if our abilities where growing we would be more progressed

by ability, i really meant our ability to do things, mainly via tech

Not nearly as much innovation goes on compared to enlightenment times

The economy was booming

not sure i agree with that either

how many inventions are made now, that you never hear of

seems most of our inventions through history came from war times really

or don't pay attention to?

while enlightment times we were mostly getting high and getting laid

I think it's probably the big ones you notice.

Here let me send economic charts

pretty sure tim did a video with a bunch of charts in it

where it showed the % of global poverty or some shit....If memory serves that is much lower than it was then.

https://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/business/worlduntil2000.png

So, uh, where has it gone down?

@Misomania I didn't know krok is very big

its a Russian word and all that

Its literally named after the damage it does

Its so bad

it's gotten fairly widespread lately and is worldwide now

because of how cheap and strong it is apparently

Its fucking strong

But your skin and teeth

Say goodbye to those

@Paradox Patons started the growth to spike so much

ya but it's never slowed down...

https://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/updated-World-Population-Growth-1750-2100.png

Why are people doing drugs that harm them

After the first hit even

Lack of integration and reality evasion

How can we change them

I don't see a way