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Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 30 years to prove

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135 points andsoitis | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sneed_chucker ◴[15 Oct 24 14:17 UTC] No.41848871[source]▶
Did we expect it to grow forever?
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Brajeshwar ◴[15 Oct 24 14:37 UTC] No.41849084[source]▶
If not forever, but if 200-ish becomes a norm, it would be super awesome. Now, it is like, “Awesome, I know this, I know that. I need to learn that.” “Hold on, time to die.”
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Ekaros ◴[15 Oct 24 15:01 UTC] No.41849332[source]▶
200 at what qualitative life point currently? 80? 90? 100?

Spending an other 100 years like say from 80 to 100... Well you are alive, but still...

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1. asoneth ◴[15 Oct 24 18:16 UTC] No.41851422[source]▶
My grandfather lived to 104. More impressive was that he still played tennis regularly in his 90s.

It's not his lifespan I aspire to, but his healthspan.