The findings discussed in this study make an interesting side note to this (older HN) discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5424241 https://news.yco

The findings discussed in this study make an interesting side note to this (older HN) discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5424241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5424241 The generation of "middle-aged whites" (which the article describes as being aged 45-54 between 1999 and 2013) probably doesn't get enough credit. So... lack of college education is a common denominator in many of their deaths. But people keep forgetting the information economy came after we had our hefty physical infrastructure. Alcohol and drug abuse are how people self-medicate when they can't afford expensive / professional medical care. We're only barely starting to scratch the surface of this problem with AHA; but for many of the "uneducated" people in this generation who were/are employed in construction / physical labor... it probably seems like too little too late.