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    2 days ago

    I’m so happy for you! Today you learn the world has gotten better! https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy

    Just improved hygiene and treatments for babies have essentially doubled humanities life expectancy in the last century. But even restricting to older cohorts (ie, assuming you live to 70, how many more years?), life spans have grown. The vast majority of people are not wealthy, so these gains are very much seen by the poorer folks.