Let's lift each other up while we can

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"We're all gonna die!"
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[I]n 1965 [during Anne's lifetime], the most common age of death in the U.K. was between zero and one; today, [it] is 87. It’s the same in the U.S.

[A] massive increase in life expectancy, especially over the past century and a quarter.... [T]hose years are expected to be better — this is what researchers call “healthspan” versus “lifespan.”  [A] study of older people in 41 countries.... The researchers found that, on average, the physical condition of a modern 70-year-old corresponds to that of a 56-year-old in the year 2000. And a 70-year-old person today has the same cognitive ability as a 53-year-old person in 2000.

-Freakonomics (emphasis added)

We are, of course, all going to die. Let's lift each other up while we can.