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Average life expectancy a couple of hundred years ago was 40. Marriage kind of made sense. Now it's double that and soon we might end up tripling it. My grandm
by nojvek 10y ago
Average life expectancy a couple of hundred years ago was 40. Marriage kind of made sense. Now it's double that and soon we might end up tripling it.
My grandmother and her great grand daughter are both alive.
When humans live that long, having the liberty to change partners is refreshing. Like having another sub-life.
- taylodl 10y agoYes, average life expectancy was dramatically lower than now but that's because of childhood diseases. Generally, if you made it to your 20s you'd make it to your 60's. But boy did all those children dying wreck the average life expectancy calculation!
- sanswork 10y agoSapians talks a bit about how bad it was. King Edward I of England who would have had access to the best care of the time had 11 out of his 20 kids die in childhood.