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> What are the big milestones to expect in your life? > Your next milestone is 08 Aug 2030 when you’ll be the 5th billionth person to be alive in the world. I can't work out what they mean by this.
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I wouldn’t go so far as to say immortality, but cures to standard diseases and ailments that lead to a shorter lifespan would be in my level of expectations.
It is conceivable that we might have organ replacement for the most commonly failing bodily organs, and cancer treatments that come close to the term "cure". It is inconceivable that any of this will be available to 90+% of the human race, or even to most people in developed countries. Insulin has been available to diabetics for well over a century now. And yet..... well, technology is the not the greatest obstacle.
And the government is getting rid of the $5 charge on prescriptions soon.
Don't tar the rest of the world with the US's brush.
Very interesting, but also fairly depressing "You have 38.4 years left of life" and I am older than 62% of the US pop... :-(
Just focus on improving your performance metrics the next quarter and shipping the project to the customer smoothly and you should be in a good position for the next year.
That's f'ing depressing. I'm 43, with 39 years left, and I don't feel old but apparently 56% of people are younger, so I'm no spring chicken, lol. It'll also be maybe a miracle if I see 2060.
for my projected lifespan, i don't think this thing is taking into account my blue zone diet, exercise or my intermittent fasting.
Does inflicting self torture should be considered as time spent living?
After dealing with a terminal illness in my family quite recently, I really have adopted the philosophy that sometimes, it's better not to know... I wonder what the practically immeasurable realized influence of contemplating one's life expectancy is on their actual life expectancy. I'm going to take a walk outside today and try to think less about dark things.
I would hazard a guess that most people haven't developed their philosophy on life well enough to benefit from staring into the abyss. The catch-22 is that the only way to really get to that point is to spend some time wandering through the valley of the shadow of death. Personally, I think that sacrifice is worth it, because the only thing we are all obligated to do in life is die.
> What are the big milestones to expect in your life? > Your next milestone is 08 Aug 2030 when you’ll be the 5th billionth person to be alive in the world. I can't work out what they mean by this.
If you order everyone alive from youngest to oldest on that date, you'll be older than 5 billion people.
Or 5 billionth youngest, whatever lol
Hard to believe we crossed the 8 billion mark. Feels like yesterday we hit 6!
for my projected lifespan, i don't think this thing is taking into account my blue zone diet, exercise or my intermittent fasting.
Does inflicting self torture should be considered as time spent living?
as for eating healthy. It's all about finding some recipes you like: finding that over on the ven diagram between healthy eating and love to eat. of course if you grew up on a completely fast food diet you're body will be way too addicted. I suppose it's like asking a heroin addict to not do heroin everyday: that may feel like torture too.
It's strange to think about. My perception of how long certain eras of my life were is...off.
Grade school felt like an absolute eternity, yet I've been with my wife longer than I went to grade school, and yet these last 13 years haven't felt that long.
I've done 41 years, and can expect to do another 42.7, based on that site. Those 41 years have felt like a damn long time, yet each year seems to go by faster than the previous, so the second half will feel shorter than the first half. On one hand, that means retirement feels closer, but on the other, it means retirement will feel shorter.