http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/political-issues/gloomy-or-just-more-realistic/ European Opinion Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:17:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/political-issues/gloomy-or-just-more-realistic/#comment-5101 Doug Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:35:50 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=855#comment-5101 Oh yeah, I was interviewing a biotech CEO last week and he just sort of casually mentioned that girls being born now have a 50-50 chance of living to 100, and boys a 50-50 chance of living to 90. Societies with half of their members living to 100 is something completely new in human history; none of our institutions are prepared for it. Oh yeah, I was interviewing a biotech CEO last week and he just sort of casually mentioned that girls being born now have a 50-50 chance of living to 100, and boys a 50-50 chance of living to 90. Societies with half of their members living to 100 is something completely new in human history; none of our institutions are prepared for it.

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