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New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely

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215 points XzetaU8 | 2 comments | 30 Aug 25 16:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source
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dsign ◴[31 Aug 25 04:24 UTC] No.45080365[source]▶
I was walking on the street the other day. It was fine summer, and I saw so many elderly walking outside. All of them were using one type of aid or another; some even had a social worker at their side. As I saw them, I was thinking that my 63% marginal tax was paying for it, while I part with 25% of my income after taxes to pay my mom’s pension. That monetary cost is nothing, I would gladly pay it for the rest of my life if it could give my mom a good life for that long. Her old age is my single biggest source of stress.

In the political sphere, some countries are tearing themselves apart on the question of immigration and identity. But immigration is the only thing that can replenish their workforce.

So, we are paying an extremely high cost for letting God go on with His Slow Tormentous Cooking of Souls before Consumption, and things are only going to get worse, given the demographic expectations. Wouldn’t it make sense to put a big chunk of budget into creating life-extension tech?

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simianparrot ◴[31 Aug 25 06:27 UTC] No.45080845[source]▶
> But immigration is the only thing that can replenish their workforce.

Unchecked immigration of people who do not share the majority of the destination’s cultural values leads to a monoculture that is terrible for everyone. Multiculturalism doesn’t work when everyone’s culture is equal everywhere. And unless it wasn’t obvious, I firmly believe in multiculturalism, but I believe we (here in Europe in particular) have been misled about what it should look like. And no it’s not about ethnicity.

And that’s saying nothing about the impact on source countries as some other comments go into.

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oezi ◴[31 Aug 25 06:37 UTC] No.45080887[source]▶
As another European I don't understand your argument because Europe has seen so much internal migration over the hundreds of years that it is weird to argue it is leading to monoculture.

Also unchecked migration to Europe is down to 200.000 people per year so less than 0.1% of population.

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1. Balgair ◴[31 Aug 25 14:30 UTC] No.45083412[source]▶
>it is weird to argue it is leading to monoculture.

As an outside that has visited your large continent a fair few times, yeah, you guys are pretty monocultural.

I know that such a statement is just literal nonsense to y'all and quite unbelievable.

And yes, you all have a different flag, and a different language.

But the day-to-day details are very similar.

Every day y'all wake up at pretty much the same time, everyone eats a light breakfast of some pastry or another and a lot of caffeine and nicotine. Then off to work on pretty much the exact same road in the same little cars. 10 rolls about and y'all fuck off to grab an espresso (Yes UK, you too, the tea thing is BS, you love coffee, we all see it) and a cigarette. You raff about for 30 min. Then back to work for a bit. Lunch rolls on by and it's carb and protein time for the men and salads for the women. By this I mean potatoes and something with a french sauce. More caffeine and nicotine. The afternoon is then set for either sleeping, or pretending not to (I love this about y'all). Work fucks off at about 4-5 depending, nothing on Fridays though. You all then fuck off to a place to get more nicotine and then alcohol or a few hours. Dinner comes after round 2-3, more carbs and meat this time, maybe pasta. Half cocked, you all end up in the same small homes. (yes, yes, but everyone is like this too!. No, you all do it the same way at the same pace, all of you.)

It's all the same sports (football), the same seasons, the same lives. Yes, you all think that your life is so different for your neighbor, but I'm telling you, the pace, the styles, the food, the drinks, the drugs of choice, the houses, the children, Europeans may not be brothers, but you are very close cousins. The rest of the world think you all mad that you hate each other so much when you're living in the same house, acting the same way. It's the same Euopean culture.

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2. oezi ◴[31 Aug 25 21:40 UTC] No.45087354[source]▶
Well thank you to put it so brilliantly. Since what you describe seems mostly a global experience by now for all who can afford it, I am wondering what other cultures you have in mind which has a dislike for breakfast, coffee, booze and cigarettes.