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I would be much more interested in what a tenth century peasant had to say considering all the famous ones were the only ones whose perspectives we get to see.

The historical gaps concern the other 90% of the population.




The point still applies though. After you've revived 4 or 5 peasants, you've probably gotten most of the information you were interested in. And now you have 4 or 5 peasants who are poorly adjusted to the world they now find themselves in, and you have to take care of them for a long time. How many would you revive?


That's great, but the peasant couldn't afford the long-term storage fees and his body got unfrozen and chucked 2000 years ago.


I imagine that your first 10th century peasant would be much more interesting than your 500th




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