Semi-tangentially: Did you ever see the two PBS series, "1900 House" and "Colonial House," in which ordinary people tried to live as in earlier periods of history? It was heartening to see that most people had difficulty resetting to some of the earlier mindsets around inequality, but occasionally someone would get into their power over …
Semi-tangentially: Did you ever see the two PBS series, "1900 House" and "Colonial House," in which ordinary people tried to live as in earlier periods of history? It was heartening to see that most people had difficulty resetting to some of the earlier mindsets around inequality, but occasionally someone would get into their power over women/minorities/indentured servants in a flash of creepiness. It was also fascinating to see people cope, in a very immediate and realistic way, with the totally different standards for cleanliness, and availability of food and other goods. Most of all, everyone was struck by the sheer amount of physical labor that people expended in the past, compared to our more sedentary lifestyles now. "Doing the laundry," for example, was a real athletic workout.
Semi-tangentially: Did you ever see the two PBS series, "1900 House" and "Colonial House," in which ordinary people tried to live as in earlier periods of history? It was heartening to see that most people had difficulty resetting to some of the earlier mindsets around inequality, but occasionally someone would get into their power over women/minorities/indentured servants in a flash of creepiness. It was also fascinating to see people cope, in a very immediate and realistic way, with the totally different standards for cleanliness, and availability of food and other goods. Most of all, everyone was struck by the sheer amount of physical labor that people expended in the past, compared to our more sedentary lifestyles now. "Doing the laundry," for example, was a real athletic workout.