Summary: <p>When I was a child, I wanted to live in Medieval Times, it seemed so adventurous and magical looking at it from the comfort of my modern life. </p> <p>The truth is that it wasn't that great to actually live in those times, and in this episode I compare our life as a society, with theirs, so that we can appreciate how amazing it is to be alive right now. </p> <p> </p> <p>Books referenced:</p> <p>Enlightenment Now: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/0525427570">https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/0525427570</a></p> <p>Age Of Discovery: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Age-Discovery-Navigating-Rewards-Renaissance/dp/1250085098">https://www.amazon.com/Age-Discovery-Navigating-Rewards-Renaissance/dp/1250085098</a></p> <p>Listen to them: <a href="http://www.georgianbenta.com/audible">www.georgianbenta.com/audible</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Other reasearch resources:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160928-why-the-present-day-could-be-the-best-time-to-be-alive"> http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160928-why-the-present-day-could-be-the-best-time-to-be-alive</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/opinion/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now.html"> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/opinion/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace">https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace</a> </p> Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/the-gratitude-podcast/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/the-gratitude-podcast/support</a>
