In a very real sense an average American like me is incomparably wealthier than Mansa Musa or anyone else living in past times if we measure wealth in terms of things we are able to own and buy. Mansa Musa certainly had a lot more power over more people than I do but he couldn’t go across the world in day and didn’t have access to healthcare products like I do. Unfortunately humans tend to compare themselves to those around them and especially to those who are better off so I don’t feel as though I’m incomparably wealthier than Mansa Musa.