He didn't own a microwave. He couldn't join the Mile High Club. He couldn't drive a car. He couldn't make international phone calls. He didn't have air conditioning. He didn't know how to Snapchat. He couldn't observe splendors underwater via a submarine. He couldn't make ice. He couldn't shoot a machine gun. He couldn't do internet searches. He couldn't edit his DNA with CRISPR. He couldn't make or watch movies. He couldn't make or eat popcorn (native American Indians could, though!).
He could have gone to Germany or Switzerland.