[LMB] "Memory" brings a thought on Ivan and marriage

[Nick Pilon]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> wrote:
>
> On Jun 4, 2009, at 6:53 AM, Alex Haropulos wrote:
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>> Nick Pilon wrote:
>>> For every haut, there's
>>> hundreds of thousands or perhaps even millions of normal humans and
>>> ghem (indirectly) supporting them, which means they have the economic
>>> base needed to support the very best in medical care for themselves.
>>>
>>
>> Ever notice how long very wealthy humans tend to live? I'm guessing
>> some
>> of that is genes, some behavior, and even more the access to the best
>> medicine.
>
> Historically, the wealthy just didn't starve as much, didn't wear out
> rapidly, and didn't have to stay around epidemics and filthy conditions.
>
> It's not obvious that in today's advanced countries wealthy live
> longer than our new definition of "poor".

They do, in fact. I, alas, can't cite them, but I have seen studies.
Not only that, but one of the primary factors in their longevity
appears to be a lack of stress. Sure, some of them are workaholics,
but they don't need to worry about making rent/mortgage payments, or
paying for their next meal, or putting their kids through college.
They're confident that they'll be able to pay for care if they get
sick.

Plus, they've still got all the historical benefits. No menial labor,
isolated estates, prime choice of minimally polluted real estate...

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-Nick Pilon