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Someday when the life expectancy is 120 people will look back and wonder why the New Yorker mentioned his age of 65. Was it hard for 65 year olds back then to t
by labrador 4y ago
Someday when the life expectancy is 120 people will look back and wonder why the New Yorker mentioned his age of 65. Was it hard for 65 year olds back then to think logically, so doing it at 65 was some kind of achievement?
- oneoff786 4y agoUnless we can find a way to stop or reverse aging that will never happen. And if we can it’ll be much longer than 120.
- rad_gruchalski 4y agoHopefully the retirement age will increase, too!
- oneoff786 4y agoThat’s the thing though. If medicine improves to stop people from dying by the aging process is not adjusted, life expectancy doesn’t really mean much. You’re still old. Your body is weaker. Your mind is slower. You probably can’t work effectively, you just don’t die. People like to think low life expectancies from centuries prior implied people were “old” at 40. But of course that’s false. People still age the same. Many still lived into the same typical elderly ages we see today.