Born too late

You still can. Don’t forget that when we look back and say: “wow. These people were able to live and get by just doing....” that usually- they had a terrible standard of living. The actual cost in resources for a single human life has increased greatly over time. If you wanted to give up all electricity, telecommunications, advanced machinery, processed foods in modern portions, self care and hygiene, own only a couple outfits and live a very “simple” life akin to that of what one lived back then, you could likely get by just as easily. The standard of living has gone up and so the basic requirements of individual productivity to access these things has also gone up.