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I wonder what someone's life expectancy would be without the personally-avoidable things such as smoking, obesity, overdoses, and suicides. Homicides, road acc
by meowster 6y ago
I wonder what someone's life expectancy would be without the personally-avoidable things such as smoking, obesity, overdoses, and suicides.
Homicides, road accidents, and infant deaths are harder to control as an individual.
- apexalpha 6y agoPersonally avoidable, yes. Product of society, also.
- meowster 6y agoBasically, I'm wondering: if someone makes good decisions, or the best of their circumstances, how does their average life expectancy stack up to other developed nations?
- WealthVsSurvive 6y agoThere's a causal relationship between the things you're calling "personally-avoidable" and the class wealth gap. People are emotionally predictive; if they don't see an ideal prosperous future outcome, they settle for prosperity where they can get it because it beats a lifetime of suffering, even if the end result is additional suffering.