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• TylerE 3y ago
  That’s literally the definition of survivorship bias.
  • mensetmanusman 3y ago
    Billions of years of evolution have resulted in you. Survivorship bias^10000
• version_five 3y ago
  The attention-bait of the movie aside, I think when talking about the challenges with an aging population, it's more useful to understand what the "decay curve" (not trying to make a pun, I'm thinking of capacitor discharge) looks like. If Japan has a life expectancy of 87/81, are people mostly unable to care for themselves and others for the last many years of that, or do they mostly stay healthy and vigorous until near the end. Is there a reason healthy 75 year olds can't take part in caring for the infirm?
  • Qem 3y ago
    > Is there a reason healthy 75 year olds can't take part in caring for the infirm? Given o lot of people are giving up on marrying/having children, I believe the main reason is (or soon will be) lack of remaining close people in the appropriate age bracket.