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And yet life expectancy in the US has been dropping steadily, at the longest sustained decline since 1915-1918 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-life

• afthonos 7y ago
  Indeed. The problem of extending life has both scientific and social dimensions. We are currently working on the scientific aspect, but, in at least in the US, failing at the social one.
  • amanaplanacanal 7y ago
    As a society we don't treat mental health with the same urgency we treat physical health. As if they are two different things, and mental health is about our "choices", whereas physical health is just stuff that happens to us. It is at root very moralistic and judgemental.