The gains in life expectancy we've witnessed over the past 120 years, and those to come, could be wiped out for a generation unless we address the greatest threat to our lives: other life-forms that seek to prey on us. It doesn't matter if we live for decades upon decades longer if a pandemic quickly snuffs out hundreds of millions of lives - negating and even rolling back the gains in average lifespan we will have achieved. Global warming is a long-term, critical issue to deal with, but one could also argue that, at least within our lifetimes, infections are our greatest threat.
Monday 1 June 2020
The gains in life expectancy we've witnessed over the past 120 years, and those to come, could be wiped out for a generation unless we address the greatest threat to our lives: other life-forms that seek to prey on us. It doesn't matter if we live for decades upon decades longer if a pandemic quickly snuffs out hundreds of millions of lives - negating and even rolling back the gains in average lifespan we will have achieved. Global warming is a long-term, critical issue to deal with, but one could also argue that, at least within our lifetimes, infections are our greatest threat.
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