Posted by: Joseph Halter

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Posted by: William J Dowling Jr

{"ops":[{"insert":"Yes, probably. The article I read was about how a college education increases longevity while less educated people\ndie sooner.\n\nI've also heard that the closer you live to downtown, the sooner you die due to more stress.\n"}]}

Posted by: Joseph Halter

{"ops":[{"insert":"The key takeaway from this from my point of view is that the working class is falling and failing life expectancy. Quote: \"As Princeton economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton show "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Case-Deaton_unembargoed.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email"},"insert":"in their new research"},{"insert":", the gulf in life expectancy between people with and without a college degree has widened dramatically since the 1990s. As of the end of 2021, there was a shocking 8.5-year age gap between the two cohorts, with the life span of Americans without a college degree trending sharply downward in recent years.\"\n\nWhy is this? \n"}]}

Posted by: Gerald Nosich

{"ops":[{"insert":"Hello Joe and Bill,\n\nI'm doubtful about a link between education and longevity. It's clear from the data that the two are correlated. but that is very different from saying the one "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"promotes"},{"insert":" the other. There are so many factors that form the context for something like longevity, that I'd need a lot of in-depth study to draw a conclusion even with minimal plausibility. It's certainly not the kind of study that a news outlet could pursue, and if they are citing someone else's study, they to consult a lot more studies of different factors.\nHere are some questions:\nIs this only in the US?\nIs this only in countries where health care is not a basic right?\nIs this only in countries with extremely high medical costs?\nIs this only in countries with massive inequality?\nIs this only in countries that send huge numbers of people (especially poor people) to prison?\nAnd so forth.\n\nBest,\nGerald\n"}]}