Also people could easily be lying, there is absolutely no way to determine that. Many married people I've seen hold on to delusions to make the marriage work because they've already wasted their life on it
If the world was desert yes, I would live in this century, but it's populated by people like you, with 0 depth. I'm not sure I wouldn't be antisocial if I was born 300 years ago, but I'd take the risk.