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Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect (www.economist.com)
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Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Average life expectancy is, what, 75 years? I’m 31, so rough estimate, I have 44 years left, and that’s not nearly enough time to conquer the galaxy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Your goals are both legal to aspire to, and possible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's life expectancy from birth. Once you've made it to your 30s it's probably more like 85

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Average life expectancy in the US is ca 80, a few years above that in most of Europe, and highest in Japan, Macau, Hong Kong, at 84-85 years (this is across everyone - typically there's a 3-4 year spread between men and women, so e.g. Hong Kong is 83.2 for men and 87.9 for women)