Today's 5-year-olds will likely live to 100

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Post by Brajeshwar » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 4:34 PM UTC

Today's 5-year-olds will likely live to 100
nationalgeographic.com

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Post by anshumankmr » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:13 PM UTC

Global Warming: https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/027/174/veg...

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Post by downvotetruth » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:16 PM UTC

At the loss of a year per year https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32661789 and the current average age of death being 76, a 5 year old American today will be dead on average at 41.

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Post by alex_young » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:19 PM UTC

Archive: https://archive.is/ppUw1

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Post by dnsco » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:20 PM UTC

The optimism reminds me of all of the "In the year 2000, cars will fly!" of yore.

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Post by goodpoint » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:20 PM UTC

Climate change seems to disagree.

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Post by martini333 » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:20 PM UTC

I've heard this one before

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Post by jsisto » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:21 PM UTC

Isn't life expectancy going down in the United States?

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Post by cammikebrown » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

I think we have fifteen years left, at most, before climate change starts making much of the planet uninhabitable

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Post by basch » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 5:23 PM UTC

Maybe the few that can afford to. Wealthy nation ≠ wealthy people.