Tons of things. Instantly talking to a person the next town over, let alone the other side of the world. Turning on a light source whenever we want. Freezing a moment in time by taking a photograph. Etc
The pedant in me also feels the need to point out that the 1600s weren’t medieval though.
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I have some spices in my cabinet
Knowing the exact time. Back then most people probably only had public clocks, like the clock tower on churches, to tell time
There wasn’t even a universal time. Every village had its own time. Only the invention of trains made it necessary to synchronize all the times.
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That feels relatively young for something like that, I would’ve thought maybe that would’ve been a little further back.
In some ways it does go further back, because each village basically had its own time. So there were lots and lots of time zones, if you think about it that way.
Wasching and drying a load of clothe in 2h.
Live past 35.
Having a compact energy storage. Coal was fine for steam engines, but gasoline, diesel and related fossil fuels were a game changer. Sure, they pollute, have destroyed our environment, cause various diseases and might even result in our extinction sooner rather than later, but hear me out.
Liquid fuels made it possible to build and operate compact and light engines that provide an amazing amount of power. Also, the fuel lasts a long time compared to coal and wood. This means that we can transport items and people across the globe, visit distant places within a single day, and commute to work in places that have barely any infrastructure.
All of this has transformed individual lives, large parts of the society and even the global economy. Imagine doing all that a hundred years before knowing how to build solar panels and batteries. That sort of global change was totally unimaginable in the 1600s.
But seriously though, that change didn’t come for free, and it’s about time we stop relying on this shortcut. It was literally quick and dirty, so we really need to switch to something more sustainable. If only solar panels had been invented before oil…
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Being able to use my magical talking rock to talk to people on the other side of the planet.
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Everything, almost. Cars, phones, computers, spices, water on demand, electricity, the quantity and quality of almost everything, etc.
If the average person from, say, mid 1600’s were teleported to now, they would be so unimaginably confused, and hostile towards everything, and that makes sense, since so much has changed.
The internet would be something beyond comprehension for them, yet it’s something most of us use multiple times a day.
Have a great day, be kind, and I hope this answers the question! :D
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