tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post1920618258143749510..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: The Rich Live Longer and Marry Better Because They Act on KnowledgeGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-68352875565987589222016-04-27T21:40:49.280-04:002016-04-27T21:40:49.280-04:00Good point. Fate rather than faith.Good point. Fate rather than faith.Mac McCartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01816287937690789122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-66289127864760759782016-04-26T17:50:54.613-04:002016-04-26T17:50:54.613-04:00Drug use (including the legal kinds you noticed) h...Drug use (including the legal kinds you noticed) have seemed to me a kind slow suicide, based on ambivalence (at best) about whether you want to live a long life.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864860607925412103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-81797955836525693632016-04-26T17:48:29.751-04:002016-04-26T17:48:29.751-04:00Interesting observations: Last night I attended a ...Interesting observations: Last night I attended a rural little baseball game, and, as usual, I made some observations on what was happening around me. I observed that many of the group, who appeared to be from a lower socioeconomic background, were smoking, drinking Ski or Mountain Dew, eating chili cheese fries or Fritio pie. Most appeared to be overweight, and therefore courting diabetes and other life shorting conditions. Over time, I have come to think that many of these choices are cultural and tribal, and that they make one "feel good" for a short time. I'm sure that most of the people are vaguely aware, from general media attention. of the consequences of their lifestyle, however they propably have not done any research on that.Barrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-66762503354483644352016-04-26T14:53:43.322-04:002016-04-26T14:53:43.322-04:00It is interesting to see that Dukes began to outli...It is interesting to see that Dukes began to outlive the poor at about the time that England really began to stabilize politically in the early 18th Century. I wonder how many of those short-lived Dukes died on a battlefield, in exile, or as a result of the headsman's axe during the tumultous mid- 16th to late 17th Centuries? Note that their life expectancy began to uptick after the Glorious Revolution and then passed the "poor" around the Hanoverian succession, especially the failure of "the Fifteen." Mac McCartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01816287937690789122noreply@blogger.com