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What are mundane actions we get to do everyday with technology that would be a superpower to people from before say.. the 1600s? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] KeepFlying@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Having reliable and cheap lighting at all hours of the day.

Light was very expensive for a lot of human history.