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"If you were born 100 years ago in 1909, you'd expect to die in 1961. Current life expectancy is 78 years, and there's a good chance babies born in 2009 will av
by mjnaus 17y ago
"If you were born 100 years ago in 1909, you'd expect to die in 1961. Current life expectancy is 78 years, and there's a good chance babies born in 2009 will average living to 2109. That's frigging marvelous, despite wasting some food and furniture."
This shouldn't automatically be considered a positive...
- lionhearted 17y ago> This shouldn't automatically be considered a positive... Huh, interesting. I was going to write that I think it's straightup awesome, but maybe there are some downsides. Are you thinking of any specifically?
- ableal 17y agoPerhaps mjnaus meant you should consider Swift's struldbrugs ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struldbrug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struldbrug ). Or possibly the material richness of Huxley's Brave New World. Not that I disagree with the gist of your point.