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Friendships that are not nourishing to you can be draining and depleting. You have these kinds of relationships at work, but they’re also present in your personal life. For instance, you may know people who share the same interests as you do—people with whom you go to the gym or people from your family. These friendships add a lot of depth because there isn’t just one context for them; instead, there’s more variety in terms of what it means to be friends with someone.

If you knew you would live past 100, would your life be different? This may be a tough concept to grasp because most of us only lived up to 80. But that is changing as medicine and living conditions improve around the world. Scientists now believe that 100 will soon become normal – in other words, it’s becoming the new 80.

As people live longer, they’ll have to change how they spend their time. They can’t do the things that they used to do when they were younger and more energetic. In addition, there will be more centenarians in the future, so we need to figure out what these older people are doing now to maintain their health and vitality.

In this article, you will learn about the following:

How pension plans are affected by people living longer
How technology has changed work in the past decade
Why you need to know the answers to five big questions (the “big five”)
The importance of knowing and understanding these topics because they affect your life and future decisions

Big Idea #1: Medical breakthroughs, better hygiene and sanitation, as well as education have all contributed to an increase in life expectancy.

Today, we have a lot of happy and healthy children. However, this wasn’t always the case. The increase in birth rate is due to an increase in life expectancy, which was caused by advances in treating diseases that are common at different stages of life.

Medicine has made huge strides in the first stage of life, infancy. It used to be common for children to die before they reached adolescence, but thanks to advances in medicine like vaccinations and antibiotics, many deadly childhood diseases are now rare.

Society has made progress in many areas, such as nutrition and health care. For instance, the life expectancy of a child born in 2014 is 50 percent higher than that of a child born in 1914. People are also more educated about their health and well-being now than they were several decades ago. Medical science has advanced to better diagnose illnesses like cancer or heart disease, while new research points to ways people can improve their health even further. Smoking was recognized for its deadly effects by governments around the world, leading to regulations over tobacco advertising and public education campaigns addressing smoking risks. Old age diseases such as Alzheimer’s affect both the quality and length of one’s life; however, doctors are making significant progress with regards to finding treatments for these conditions, which will enable elderly individuals to live longer lives free from debilitating symptoms associated with old age illnesses.

In 1950, a 90-year-old man living in England had a 30 percent chance of dying within the year. Today, that estimate is now 20 percent. Better nutrition and sanitation are to thank for this extension of human life.