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submitted 10 months ago by thal3s@sh.itjust.works to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] lemmyviking@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Regardless of what the median life expectantly is, I don't care I'm living to 100 years old. Barring accident of course. But I'm just too curious what the next 45+ years will be in the world. What are the new discoveries? New shows? What happens to the political situation? Will we become a space faring race? Or will we have to solve the climate crisis first, and stop warring?

I want to know. So I'm working to make that a reality.

[-] jdf038@mander.xyz 10 points 10 months ago

Narrator: they didn't figure it out

(Joking OC, even if I think you are a bit too optimistic I do like the optimism)

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

To be fair most people who live to the average life expectancy do live past it, the average gets skewed down by people dying in car accidents in their 20s and such like.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Eh demographics shows a grim tale. People start really dying around 65 and it accelerates pretty quickly into the next few decades. Very few people live to be 100. About half of an age cohort will make it to 75. A quarter will make it to 85. This is easily visible on demographic charts.