>From: "Technotranscendence" <neptune@mars.superlink.net>
>What surprises me more is that life expectancy went up so high in the first
>half of the 20th century -- continuing a trend from the 19th -- in the
>West,
>but then seemed to level off in the upper 70s. Why didn't the trend
>continue, especially since the estimate for maximum human lifespan is about
>125 years?
I've a couple ideas: cigarettes, warfare, highway accidents, recreational
drugs, poor diet and lack of exercize. For the first million years or so we
died young because we didn't know better. For the last 100 years or so we
die young because we know better, but don't care.
-Zero
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