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Writer at @TheAtlantic. Host of podcast CRAZY/GENIUS. Author of book HIT MAKERS. Talker on NPR's @hereandnow and @CBSNews. derek[at]theatlantic[dot]com

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    Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 2 Jul 2020

    Approximately half of all people died before the age of 15 before the 1600s. https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past … This is true for every available historical data set from Ancient Greece and Rome, to pre-Columbian Americas, medieval Japan, the European Renaissance, and Imperial China.

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      2. Ol’ Wags‏ @olwags 2 Jul 2020
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        A big reason why average life expectancies were relatively low. And of course, they didn’t think someone who was 60 was extremely old.

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      1. AC‏ @AmolC1 2 Jul 2020
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        This is also why something the Black Death was able to crucially reshape European demographics and help Britain get an insane empire. COVID-19 most likely won't have that kind of impact. COVID's pretty shit though.

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      1. Grant Senter‏ @SportsSenter 2 Jul 2020
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        Amazing how far we’ve come

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      2. Torr Leonard‏ @torrHL 2 Jul 2020
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        I once read that in 1948, something like 25% of American kids didn’t reach age 18. Wowww

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      3. MichaelKuhl‏ @MichaelKuhl 2 Jul 2020
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        Polio.

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      2. gordy/gershon/gordon  🟣‏ @alohagordy 2 Jul 2020
        Replying to @DKThomp

        it’s mostly because they didn’t have eyeglasses

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      3. Jan Bobrowicz‏ @janbobrowicz 2 Jul 2020
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        sure, but there was less traffic

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      2. P.J. in Downtown L.A.‏ @BlastPascal 2 Jul 2020
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        Trite teen comedies of today: A group of young dudes make a pact to get laid before graduating from high school. Trite teen comedies pre 1600: A group of young dudes make a pact to get laid before dying.

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