What traits did a man of modern times have?

The man of the New Age was beyond recognition to be different from the man of the Middle Ages and earlier people.
And first of all, he was distinguished by his thinking. He no longer lived by the principle “You live badly here, it will be good in heaven.” He tried to achieve success in everyday life, to become rich, successful, famous, to go down in history.
He began to perceive the world in a completely different way. He studied it, researched it, changed it for himself. The church no longer dictated life to ordinary people. The person has become different, completely different.