but we're living with more chronic illnesses and aren't as healthy just live longer sicker lives no?
Next time someone tries to tell you the Industrial Revolution was a bad thing:https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?country=GBR …
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Lol no. You have no idea the improvements we have made in overall health for all ages. Learn about DALY
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How would it look when taking into account the lowered account infant mortality?
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Here’s that chart. Still a significant improvement, but better charts here. (same source) https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy/ …
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Aka capitalism
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A longer life by itself is not an exhaustive metric of goodness/happiness
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No. But lower child mortality rates are close to one for parents.
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Shame there's still an opt-out. https://www.vox.com/2017/5/8/15577316/minnesota-measles-outbreak-explained …
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I'd bet there's a similar graph but in the other direction for the net LE of other species. Never thought it was a zero sum game
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You can also trade life quality for life expectancy, making people dependent on costly products (drugs, electricity,..)
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