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In prehistoric times people experienced a lot more violence, rape, disease, pain, and hunger. If you agree, do you think they prehistoric humans experienced more or less psychological trauma and PTSD?
  • Disagree, life worse now
    2.8%
  • More trauma in prehistory
    56.2%
  • Same trauma in prehistory
    15.2%
  • Less trauma in prehistory
    25.8%
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I think the mix has changed wjhile going down overall, cf: “The progress from brute to man is characterized by nothing so much as by the decrease in frequency of proper occasions for fear” — William James
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