I didn't say it was 'just' a number. I didn't claim it didn't correlate 'nicely' with life expectancy. I said it doesn't 'always' correlate. There are outlier

I didn't say it was 'just' a number. I didn't claim it didn't correlate 'nicely' with life expectancy. I said it doesn't 'always' correlate. There are outliers, as with most trends. And besides - quality of life is a more important metric than life expectancy. Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia are world leaders on life expectancy and GDP. But terrible on women's rights, equality, and human rights. We shouldn't be measuring human benefit on GDP, we shouldn't be questioning the merits of reducing climate change based on maximising GDP.