> Apart from a recent dip, average life expectancy in the US has been going up pretty much forever. I see no reason why life expectancy in the US will not con

> Apart from a recent dip, average life expectancy in the US has been going up pretty much forever. I see no reason why life expectancy in the US will not continue to drop. At some level, we have made a conscious decision to rebuild our society with a greater emphasis on hierarchy and hereditary wealth. We should expect life expectancy for bottom 90% of Americans to continue to deteriorate, while those in the top 10% will continue to improve.