A whole lot of other times have those, in fact according to Wikipedia:
1013 (10 trillion): Estimated time of peak habitability in the universe, unless habitability around low-mass stars is suppressed.
It’s not surprising that we don’t find ourselves in, say, the era where there are just black holes, but observing that we are right near the start of what looks like a very long period where life seems possible is something to think about.
One answer is the simulation hypothesis, combined with the observation that we seem to be living in very interesting times.
A whole lot of other times have those, in fact according to Wikipedia:
It’s not surprising that we don’t find ourselves in, say, the era where there are just black holes, but observing that we are right near the start of what looks like a very long period where life seems possible is something to think about.
One answer is the simulation hypothesis, combined with the observation that we seem to be living in very interesting times.