If our average Life Span was to Shorten to 50 or less years how would human attitudes and lifestyles alter?

Question

for the better or worse...please explain your answers with illustartions?

Answer 1

If the average life span were 50, I think people would become more reckless. They would live for the moment and wouldn't be as concerned with things like diet and exercise. Because people would not have as much time to achieve their career goals, maybe they would become serious and focused at a younger age. I think this would be worse because it would be harder to have spontaneous adventrues in your teens/20s. I guess if you're all about fun, life would be better this way because you wouldn't have serious goals to work toward. If you're Type A though, this might just be your greatest nightmare.

Answer 2

There would be less politicians since most are over 50 and have been miserable, despicable failures in other areas of life. High school dropouts would be revered as being smart for enjoying the things that really mattered. Very few people would get Phd.s since they could die on their graduation day. Grandfathers would be few and Great-Grandfathers become relics their every move preserved in Digicams in family vaults. No teenage crushes since people would marry twenty years earlier, at puberty, or first erection whichever came earlier. Lower health care costs no need to keep vegetative seniles alive on ventilators and many more accidental deaths among young due to increased risk taking. Etc Etc.

Answer 3

The average human lives up to about 70, so dying around 20 years old? If that were so, then the human population would decrease drastically.

Military powers would decrease. It'll be difficult to invent new technology.

If you meant, if humans were to die at 50 years old, then it wouldn't be that big of an issue.

Answer 4

Problems of old age will be solved.After a certain age most people do not contribute to the society,but are burden on others.They can not enjoy life they used to.I do not think there is any reason for them to stick to their useless life too hard.I am 56 and if given a choice would love to go.

Answer 5

Dear s g,
According to me.....................
Nothing will CHANGE... But everything will PREPONE.
The only advantage is GOOD or BAD, one can do it for a limited period only. So effects or damage will be considerably less. ECONOMY overall may get a better stability.
Young Corrupt Politicians, Middle Aged Scientists, Young Inventors, Moderate Aged Millionaires, Teen Graduates, Teen Couples etc.
LET US NOT IMAGINE THOSE..............
BECAUSE IT IS VERY VERY DIFFICULT TO DIGEST SOMETHING LIKE THAT...............
I HOPE IT IS BEST, THE WAY IS NOW.

Answer 6

If our life spans were shorter, I think we would have less wars and politics due the fact such things require long term planning in order to get any gain from them.

Answer 7

They would do everything younger as they did in previous centuries. That way they would still see grandchildren mature etc... and obviously it would affect society, and culture and also advancement. The whole world would be quite different even the economic structure of families if not governments.

Answer 8

Let me see if I understand your question? If I begin daily smoking
sixty cigarettes, drink a pint of gin, have unprotected sex with any who will have me, become a drug addict, carry illegal but loaded firearms, operate motor vehicles carelessly, beg (badly) to eat,
and then take all that to India; then, no, I can't shorten my "Life Span" to 50. It is quite impossible. 'Why', you ask? I'm old enough to start, sunshine, but are unable to age backwards.

Answer 9

Best

Answer 10

it hasnt been that long since that was the average life span