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Why is that depressing? People live longer now.

Though I guess it's depressing that people in their 20s and 30s can't afford kids now.




People live longer, but biological youth isn't shifted. People in their 20s are at the top of mental and physical performance. But our gerontocracies bar people of that age from any positions of significant influence. People also mature more slowly these days, due to infantilisation of culture and sheltered upbringing.




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