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		troupe on Sept 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Willingham sends Fables into the public domain Well life expectancy was only 37 years in the 1700s as well. So for an adult, 14 years was basically the rest of their life.

JoeAltmaier on Sept 15, 2023 [–]

For an adult, life expectancy then was 55 or better!

See, infant mortality was shit back then which accounted for a big bias in that lifetime '37'. If you survived childhood then you did pretty well.

https://ourworldindata.org/its-not-just-about-child-mortalit...

troupe on Sept 16, 2023 | [–]

Good point.

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