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Even in a country where people were well educated, the average life expectancy rising beyond some point wouldn't be a good thing. No idea where that optimum ave
by beenBoutIT 7y ago
Even in a country where people were well educated, the average life expectancy rising beyond some point wouldn't be a good thing. No idea where that optimum average life expectancy is, but it's entirely possible that we exceeded it and the drop noted here is actually a positive thing.
- jedharris 7y agoWhat is your rationale for capping average life expectancy? I hope not some reasoning based on costs due to old age since that is not a logical consequence. Advances leading to increased life expectancy could also lead to healthier / more productive old age.
- beenBoutIT 7y agoNot capping life expectancy artificially and not artificially working to extend it for everyone. The world got along fine from 1800-1900 with the world average life expectancy existing at less than 50, but there's no guarantee of the same being true at a global average of 100. IRL everyone alive now exists in a tenuous situation where one of the key constraints is Earth's finite resources. Everyone can't have everything everywhere at the same time while living to 100 unless the population stays artificially low. *https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy