[HN Gopher] Population.io
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Population.io
Author : tnsengimana
Score : 69 points
Date : 2023-08-30 16:39 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| Ancalagon wrote:
| I did not ask for this existential crisis this morning :(
|
| Cool website though!
| capableweb wrote:
| > I did not ask for this existential crisis this morning :(
|
| Personally I have https://www.bryanbraun.com/your-
| life/weeks.html printed and hanging on the wall next to me, and
| each week I fill another square.
|
| Having a real-time view of how long we have left to live have
| always filled me with energy and hope, somehow. But similarly
| to you, many people seem to think it's macabre/bizarre.
| gremlinsinc wrote:
| That's f'ing depressing. I'm 43, with 39 years left, and I don't
| feel old but apparently 56% of people are younger, so I'm no
| spring chicken, lol. It'll also be maybe a miracle if I see 2060.
| zaat wrote:
| You can try migrating to a country with better life expectancy
| projection
| wonderwonder wrote:
| I'm 44. Remember me
| standardUser wrote:
| I have this longstanding and pointless goal to live to see the
| American Tricentennial. According to this site I'll miss it by 10
| years!
|
| It also just so happens that I'm right in the middle of my
| (projected) lifespan, which would certainly qualify me as middle-
| aged. But I refuse to identify as such because I feel Boomers
| turned it into such a negative phrase. Boomers just generally
| seemed to obsess over aging and retiring and dying in a way that
| I thankfully don't see among my Millenial and Gen X peers.
| [deleted]
| [deleted]
| samstave wrote:
| Very interesting, but also fairly depressing "You have 38.4 years
| left of life" and I am older than 62% of the US pop... :-(
| gnulinux wrote:
| Just focus on improving your performance metrics the next
| quarter and shipping the project to the customer smoothly and
| you should be in a good position for the next year.
| wonderwonder wrote:
| Man, this is so dark. I laughed
| spdustin wrote:
| I'm also older than 62% of the US population, and have only
| 34.9 years left, so you're on the younger side of that
| percentile slice.
| hckrzulu wrote:
| But.. age is just a number, right?
|
| also, the back button is broken.
| winrid wrote:
| > You are older than 100.0% of the world population
|
| > There are people younger and people older than you
|
| Wow, the more you know.
| Jaxan wrote:
| I get the same...
| Willish42 wrote:
| After dealing with a terminal illness in my family quite
| recently, I really have adopted the philosophy that sometimes,
| it's better not to know... I wonder what the practically
| immeasurable realized influence of _contemplating_ one 's life
| expectancy is on their _actual_ life expectancy.
|
| I'm going to take a walk outside today and try to think less
| about dark things.
| anonporridge wrote:
| It probably depends on whether the contemplation triggers you
| into healthier lifestyle behaviors or triggers you into
| depression and self destruction.
|
| I would hazard a guess that most people haven't developed their
| philosophy on life well enough to benefit from staring into the
| abyss. The catch-22 is that the only way to really get to that
| point is to spend some time wandering through the valley of the
| shadow of death. Personally, I think that sacrifice is worth
| it, because the only thing we are all obligated to do in life
| is die.
| mminer237 wrote:
| > {{ 'HOME_TEXT_BIG' | translate }}
|
| I don't think it's supposed to do that.
| Minor49er wrote:
| Give it a moment. It populated for me after several seconds
| pizzafeelsright wrote:
| While I will not see my child reach my current age in this life I
| am excited for the world they will inhabit.
| lukewrites wrote:
| I'll be up there, but should see my kids reach my current age.
| Hard for me to be optimistic about the world they'll inherit,
| though; I'm very concerned about the effects of climate change
| and the effects of things like diminishing ground water supply
| and ocean warming. Living in the US, I'm also concerned about
| their ability to afford healthcare if something catastrophic
| happens and the lack of meaningful social safety net. We may
| emigrate from the US to solve these problems.
|
| What do you think the world will be like in 40+ years that
| gives you hope?
| mchusma wrote:
| Not OP but short answer: In 40 years, we are reasonably
| likely to have: functional immortality (cured natural death),
| brain augmentation, AI/machines able to do many things for
| us, fusion/renewable-based energy abundance, and more. In
| almost every measurable way the world is better now than it
| was 20 years ago, and 20 years before that. This is likely to
| continue.
|
| Climate change is concerning, but totally addressable with
| technology. We absolutely can fix ground water, ocean
| warming, carbon ratios. It involves will, resources, and the
| technology to be thoughtful of how we impact the planet,
| instead of randomly doing it as side effects. There are some
| "trivial" fixes for many issues that can be implemented if we
| decide we want to (paint 1/4 the sahara white, solar shades
| in space, etc). They are not hard and if things get bad we
| will take them more seriously.
|
| Healthcare affordability is essentially a policy issue, but
| there is no reason in 40 years that healthcare can't be
| effectively free with AI/Robotics driving down the cost.
| tleb_ wrote:
| We've not seen yet any project at that scale, which
| approaches terraforming. What makes you think we are
| capable of such? And is there anything that indicates we
| can obtain the natural resources to achieve them?
| retrocryptid wrote:
| interesting appraisal as life expectancy in the US has been
| going down for the last two years.
| codr7 wrote:
| Depends, the current system only allows profitable changes.
| StevePerkins wrote:
| > _In 40 years, we are reasonably likely to have:
| functional immortality (cured natural death)_
|
| This is laughable to the point where I suspect
| trolling/parody. Regardless, there should indeed be
| scientific advances ahead of us in the next 40 years. With
| the ongoing collapse in forward-looking fertility rates,
| there certainly better be.
| yuppiepuppie wrote:
| I wouldn't go so far as to say immortality, but cures to
| standard diseases and ailments that lead to a shorter
| lifespan would be in my level of expectations.
| StevePerkins wrote:
| It is conceivable that we might have organ replacement
| for the most commonly failing bodily organs, and cancer
| treatments that come close to the term "cure".
|
| It is inconceivable that any of this will be available to
| 90+% of the human race, or even to most people in
| developed countries.
|
| Insulin has been available to diabetics for well over a
| century now. And yet..... well, technology is the not the
| greatest obstacle.
| verve_rat wrote:
| Insulin costs $5 for three months here. Plus $5 for the
| disposable needles.
|
| And the government is getting rid of the $5 charge on
| prescriptions soon.
|
| Don't tar the rest of the world with the US's brush.
| Towaway69 wrote:
| What's with the pessimism here? Be proud, we've reached peak
| human, humans have never been so successful - in numbers!
|
| After all, it's all about numbers.
| [deleted]
| tomcar288 wrote:
| for my projected lifespan, i don't think this thing is taking
| into account my blue zone diet, exercise or my intermittent
| fasting.
| zaat wrote:
| Does inflicting self torture should be considered as time spent
| living?
| 2023throwawayy wrote:
| Being healthy is self torture now? Seems more torturous to be
| obese. (Disclaimer: I am obese.)
| wonderwonder wrote:
| Very much makes me question sitting in front of a computer in a
| career I didn't like while my kids hang out in another room
| separate from me.
| tomcar288 wrote:
| go to the room next door and spend 30 min playing with them. no
| one can stop you but you. and you probably won't regret it.
| wonderwonder wrote:
| I actually did. Said screw it and we made brownies :) in the
| oven now
| karlmush wrote:
| [dead]
| carimura wrote:
| thanks for reminding me to close the laptop, hug my children, and
| go for a run.
| Night_Thastus wrote:
| Hard to believe we crossed the 8 billion mark. Feels like
| yesterday we hit 6!
| swah wrote:
| People must be reproducing somewhere else, not in my 3rd world
| country.
| retrocryptid wrote:
| cool idea, but the implementation seems to not scale.
| mrhether wrote:
| Warning! Don't click it's better that way, as an old man trust
| me.
| [deleted]
| eadonmachine wrote:
| > What are the big milestones to expect in your life?
|
| > Your next milestone is 08 Aug 2030 when you'll be the 5th
| billionth person to be alive in the world.
|
| I can't work out what they mean by this.
| Frotag wrote:
| If you order everyone alive from youngest to oldest on that
| date, you'll be older than 5 billion people.
| eadonmachine wrote:
| Oh! Thank you. They phrased that really badly. "You'll be the
| 5 billionth oldest person" would've been a lot clearer.
|
| Or 5 billionth youngest, whatever lol
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