Better Than You Think, Part 2: Healthcare

Published: Oct. 25, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

b'Continuing their discussion of unexpected and often unnoticed positive change, Phil and Stephen, discuss recent encouraging developments related to health care. The starting point for this series is a recent article by Peter Diamandis:\\n\\nWhy the World Is (Still) Better Than You Think\\u2014New Evidence For Abundance\\n\\nhttps://goo.gl/RDa98R\\n\\n2. Health\\n\\nNo matter where in the world you are, mortality rates have dropped precipitously over the last 300 years.\\n\\nThe following chart shows life expectancy at birth in various countries. Just 100 years ago, a child born in India or South Korea was only expected to live to 23. Fast forward to today, and India\\u2019s life expectancy has tripled. South Korea\\u2019s life expectancy has quadrupled and is now higher than in the UK.\\n\\nPeter\\u2019s examples:\\n\\nPlummeting Teen Births\\n\\nExponential Tech Impact on Health:\\nRoboticsVirtual RealityCRISPR/Gene Editing\\n\\xa0\\n\\nOur Examples:\\n\\nAnti-Aging Gets Real\\n\\nThe Hackable Human: Frontiers of Human Augmentation\\n\\nDIY Gene Editing and Other Health News\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nWT 362-672'