China overtakes U.S. for healthy lifespan: WHO data

Re:China overtakes U.S. for healthy lifespan: WHO data by wallace_f on Thursday May 31, 2018 @07:57AM (#17195642)

It's hard to flesh out self determination from ennvironmental factors. Not to sound overwhelmingly 'r/iam14andthisisdeep, but consider: 1) Nomadic hunter gatherers who have shortened their lifespans due to their lifestyle choices, or lack of choice/information in determining their lifestyle; and 2) App developers who may also have shortened their lifespan due to lifestyle choices, or even also lack of choice/information (ie sedentary lifestyle to afford rent/food/taxes/legal aid, sugar consumption due to inaccurate information from leading scientists regarding health risks).

I just think we can't really know which one we'd prefer had we not experienced both.

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Re:China overtakes U.S. for healthy lifespan: WHO data by Nomentatus on Thursday May 31, 2018 @03:44PM (#17199487)

Nomadic hunters had quite long lifespans; agriculture introduced shorter lifespans and difficult lifestyles.

We agree on point two though: Laws allowing no overtime for developers have allowed long work hours that we now know are very harmful.

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Re:China overtakes U.S. for healthy lifespan: WHO data by microcolonel on Friday June 01, 2018 @03:42AM (#17203368)

> We agree on point two though: Laws allowing no overtime for developers have allowed long work hours that we now know are very harmful.

Excuse me? Keep your grubby hands off my time. I alone should decide if, when, and how I sell my mortality for cold hard cash. Whether or not you think it's bad for me is of absolutely no importance to my right to do it.

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