tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-07:17442 Dreaming in Digital Mat Bowles 2010-11-29T00:25:30Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-07:17442:379729 2010-11-29T00:19:18Z 2010-11-29T00:25:30Z public 17 In actual terms, someone earning about £25K today is close to the average, and probably struggling to get by. But a hundred years ago, that would've been a very comfortable living. Two hundred years ago, that would've put you in the very wealthiest sector of society, with servants to do your bidding and every need catered for. <br /><br />Triple that today, you're looking at a good earning for a member of the professions: a doctor, a lawyer, an MP. A hundred years ago, it'd give youa millionaires lifestyle. Two hundred years ago, a billionaires lifestyle. So I thought I'd do a poll...<br /><br /><div class="loggedout">You need to be logged in in order to take part in the poll. You do not need a Dreamwidth account, <a href="http://www.dreamwidth.org/openid/?returnto=/users/matgb/379729.html" title="">use your blog url as an OpenID here</a>, you can also use your Google or Yahoo account, just type <a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/USERNAME">http://www.google.com/profiles/USERNAME</a> or <a href="https://me.yahoo.com/">https://me.yahoo.com/</a> in the OpenID box.</div><br /><br /><div class="poll"><div><a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/poll/?id=5213">View Poll: The days of yore</a></div></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://matgb.dreamwidth.org/379729.html#cutid1">My answers to the above poll, with some explanations</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=matgb&ditemid=379729" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments