Who Wants to Be a Billionaire (in 1916)? (You, the average Middle Class American wouldn't want to)

National Review ^ | 05/08/2017 | George Will

[Blue Jays]

"...Personally, I would have been dead..."

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Same here. I am sure a couple of things I've encountered (and have essentially forgotten) could have killed me a century ago.
Got my wisdom teeth removed, for example.
If one got an infection (especially that near the heart / brain) that could easily have been fatal. It is a non-issue for us in contemporary times.

[Blue Jays]

If my entire healthy and reasonably long lifespan could have occured prior to cellphones, social media, and the internet...I would be fine with that scenario, too. Simpler times.

[rwa265]

Last year, I went to an exhibit showing what life was like in 1875. I feel very fortunate that I did not live during that time. 1916 wasn’t much better.

[Gay State Conservative]

If my entire healthy and reasonably long lifespan could have occured prior to cellphones...

Cell phones...a net plus in my life.Perhaps not in *everyone's* life though.

...social media...

Agree...absolutely worthless,silly,juvenile,self indulgent.

...and the internet...

Internet=mixed bag,IMO.Noteworthy benefits plus *very* noteworthy harm to society.

I would be fine with that scenario, too. Simpler times.

There are many things from my earlier days that I miss enormously...many of which belong under the heading of "simpler".