How about being born in Asia, America, Australia ect.. we didn't even have the choice of the era we were born into.
We do. For many thousand years, I went to countries that were somewhat developed...to understand the big picture for Human Society...since I have been an Engineer for the last many thousand years...
The problem is any small pain the human body feels, is not translated well to the energy realm...On the other hand, it is necessary to feel the pain for future solutions....It is somewhat complex algorithm....because we have Free Will....
We do not just show up...We have friends and families by the thousands...and hence it is a well managed system. When I found out that Abraham Lincoln is my Family...I said WOW! it is too complex for corporeal form to understand...
I still do not like pain and suffering for the corporeal form. Buddha tried to solve that...but it did not go very far...And he is in my family too...(I think there are about seven Families in total)...