“**For most of human history, your odds of living to adulthood were 50–50. Around a quarter of children would die before their first birthday, and another quarter died before they reached puberty**. There was no exception to this. Children dying was commonplace, regardless of continent or century. ([Location 558](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=558))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[optimism]], [[technology]], [[optimism]], [[conditional-optimism]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[technology]], [[gratitude]], [[parenting]], **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]