There are poor people, they're just not poor in the same way. It's both: The technology is a great help.
That's true enough about adapting. In my time, people don't have to marry. It's a choice. It just would suck to not have any choice about things. That's why I'd shoot myself.
Not really. I can't do most of the things required for my culture's idea of pretty or sexy because of my eyes and job requirements. Putting on makeup requires my contacts, which means no going out in the field and no backing up my brother. Zombies beat pretty.