While I will not see my child reach my current age in this life I am excited for the world they will inhabit.
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#12What's with the pessimism here? Be proud, we've reached peak human, humans have never been so successful - in numbers!
After all, it's all about numbers.
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#13While I will not see my child reach my current age in this life I am excited for the world they will inhabit.
I'll be up there, but should see my kids reach my current age. Hard for me to be optimistic about the world they'll inherit, though; I'm very concerned about the effects of climate change and the effects of things like diminishing ground water supply and ocean warming.
Living in the US, I'm also concerned about their ability to afford healthcare if something catastrophic happens and the lack of meaningful social safety net. We may emigrate from the US to solve these problems.
What do you think the world will be like in 40+ years that gives you hope?
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#14thanks for reminding me to close the laptop, hug my children, and go for a run.
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#15Very interesting, but also fairly depressing "You have 38.4 years left of life" and I am older than 62% of the US pop... :-(
I’m also older than 62% of the US population, and have only 34.9 years left, so you’re on the younger side of that percentile slice.
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#17I did not ask for this existential crisis this morning :( Cool website though!
> I did not ask for this existential crisis this morning :(
Personally I have https://www.bryanbraun.com/your-life/weeks.html printed and hanging on the wall next to me, and each week I fill another square.
Having a real-time view of how long we have left to live have always filled me with energy and hope, somehow. But similarly to you, many people seem to think it's macabre/bizarre.
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#18While I will not see my child reach my current age in this life I am excited for the world they will inhabit.
I'll be up there, but should see my kids reach my current age. Hard for me to be optimistic about the world they'll inherit, though; I'm very concerned about the effects of climate change and the effects of things like diminishing ground water supply and ocean warming. Living in the US, I'm also concerned about their ability to afford healthcare if something catastrophic happens and the lack of meaningful social safe…
Not OP but short answer: In 40 years, we are reasonably likely to have: functional immortality (cured natural death), brain augmentation, AI/machines able to do many things for us, fusion/renewable-based energy abundance, and more. In almost every measurable way the world is better now than it was 20 years ago, and 20 years before that. This is likely to continue.
Climate change is concerning, but totally addressable with technology. We absolutely can fix ground water, ocean warming, carbon ratios. It involves will, resources, and the technology to be thoughtful of how we impact the planet, instead of randomly doing it as side effects. There are some "trivial" fixes for many issues that can be implemented if we decide we want to (paint 1/4 the sahara white, solar shades in space, etc). They are not hard and if things get bad we will take them more seriously.
Healthcare affordability is essentially a policy issue, but there is no reason in 40 years that healthcare can't be effectively free with AI/Robotics driving down the cost.
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#19Very much makes me question sitting in front of a computer in a career I didn't like while my kids hang out in another room separate from me.
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#20> You are older than 100.0% of the world population
> There are people younger and people older than you
Wow, the more you know.