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> and I'm pretty sure the life expectancy number will fall off a cliff. What? With no wars, no shortage of food, with all the advancement in health care do yo

• cJ0th 9y ago
  > with all the advancement in health care Some experts fear we might loose (some) antibiotics in the coming years. If that's going to happen then I am sure life expectancy will go down massively.
• paulcole 9y ago
  > do you really expect to live less than my grandma, who's 94 Yes I do. Your grandmother had a life expectancy of 58.5 years. Source: http://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html http://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html
• LordKano 9y ago
  With no wars, no shortage of food One of the great ironies is how the abundance of food in the west is leading to obesity, heart disease and high blood pressure. Instead of people being unhealthy due to chronic, persistent malnutrition, people are unhealthy from carrying too much body fat. Last I heard, nearly half of all Americans were overweight or obese. Have you ever noticed how few fat old people there are?
  • abledon 9y ago
    Not to mention loneliness and the disintegration of communities and public space to socialize in. That lack in ppls lives being as harmful as smoking