[ExI] Declining Life Expectancies in U.K & U.S

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
Kevin George Haskell
Subject: [ExI] Declining Life Expectancies in U.K & U.S

Any thoughts as to why life expectancies in both the U.K and the U.S, across
ethnic and sexual lines, have been reversing in recent years, especially
considering that we spend higher percentages of our GDP on our medical
systems than most nations or all in the world? This is Extropianism and
Transhumanism in reverse.  Here's the article from 'The Guardian'.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/19/bad-news-is-were-dying
-earlier-in-britain-down-to-shit-life-syndrome

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I have long suspected it is in how they deal with young people getting
murdered and the opioid addiction rate.  We know that is crazy high.

What I want to see is life expectancies for good old-fashioned
perish-of-age-related-maladies life expectancy.  Filter out the deaths from
factors that don't apply to me, the stuff that orbits in a different galaxy
from the one I inhabit: gang wars, dope, and so forth, then what is left
over?

spike