A mass loss that spares the infrastructure raises the value of whoever survives, and the loosened roles let unprecedented ideas be said aloud, so a catastrophe can turn a society's remembered trend upward; the window closes when the old institutions recover. Ansary's ch. 13: "for many of the survivors, life actually improved," since "an epidemic doesn't damage infrastructure"; "paid workers had unprecedented bargaining power"; mobility "illegal in Europe since the days of Roman Emperor Diocletian" could not be stopped; "Unprecedented ideas began to be heard among women," though "It didn't last as patriarchal institutions pushed back." Europe left the plague "Earth's most volatile social landscape." Clay's step: this is the cause behind C-FH5895G196's better-today for Europe, and the pushback is the warning that new parts must be written into the story while the window is open.

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The Black Death killed a lot of people, but for many of the survivors, life actually improved.
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unlike a military invasion, an epidemic doesn't damage infrastructure.
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paid workers had unprecedented bargaining power.
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This sort of mobility had been illegal in Europe since the days of Roman Emperor Diocletian, but now lords were powerless to stop it.
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Unprecedented ideas began to be heard among women.
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It didn't last as patriarchal institutions pushed back
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Europe came out of the pandemic as Earth's most volatile social landscape.

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