Longevity is a key aspect of what we try to do on this show. I can’t tell you a whole lot about how to live a good life. But I assume we will find a way to do that, and that life will be so good that we’ll want it to last as long as possible. We do that, by loving our lives and taking care of them.
Longevity, as an average, generally increases over time, at least in recent times. One way you can see this is to go to the actuarial tables of the social security administration in the U.S. Currently, on the website only the data from 2004 to 2017 are available in an easy to digest table, and there is more if you dig deeper and know something about statistics, going back to 1900. At birth, someone born in 2017 is expected to live 80.96 years. Someone born in 1900 was likely to live only into his or her late 40’s. When I was born in 1966 the number was into the late ’60s. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to die in my 60’s, because with each year you live (or more accurately don’t die), you increase your life expectancy. So that today, statistically, on my birthday in 2017, the year I started this show, I was expected to live another 28.82 years, to the age of 79.82. And I have no doubt increased that in the ensuing 4 years. In other countries, I think records may have been better over 121 years ago. In this country, we were generally a bunch of protestant farmers for most of our history, most of whom could not read or write. We have a lot of listeners in other countries though, and I’d love to hear from you on the life expectancy in your own country, leave a comment at runningafever.com.
Now all this is very interesting, but today what I’m trying to bring to light is how serious the COVID-19 pandemic impact has been. Millions of people, over 100 years of progress, and now all that has changed.
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