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Before industrialization nearly everyone was doomed to serfdom.

For a brief period of time.

For substantially longer we just hung out with our buddies, banged, and picked up food right from the ground when we were hungry.

And had 20 children to have 3 survive?

> we see that on average 57 percent, 64 percent, and 67 percent of children born survive to age 15 years among hunter-gatherers, forager-horticulturalists, and acculturated hunter-gatherers.

https://condensedscience.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/life-expec...

Still bad, but much better than 3 in 20.

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