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It’s a vanity metric. Life expectancy gives no actionable information for anyone except for “move to another country”.
by matte_black 9y ago
It’s a vanity metric. Life expectancy gives no actionable information for anyone except for “move to another country”.
- phs318u 9y agoI'd suggest that there's an element of the the canary in the coalmine to this metric. As another commenter noted, it is much harder to fudge deaths vs employment. Hence greater believability and therefore triggers the question "why" in the broader populace.