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"By writing or reading obituaries, we can discover ways to make our time on earth more worthwhile, more productive, more meaningful to others."
Alana Baranick, "Life on the Death Beat"


"'I always read the obituaries in The Times,' I explained to her. 'They make me bloody glad to be alive.'"
John Mortimer, "Rumpole's Return"

Monday, November 15, 2010

How can I miss you if you won't go away?

A story in Slate magazine today gives graphic evidence that life spans are lengthening across the globe, and that years in good health are increasing also. I present it as food for thought: do our medical advances jeopardize resources for the young? Is there a "just" length of life? And do these statistics bear up in the vast majority of the world, in which basic medical care isn't remotely commonplace?

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