And then there is reality: From 1930 to 2011, the aveage life expectancy at birth for a white male livng in the United States has gone from 60 to 76 and for a white woman, from 64 to 81; Black men have gone from 47 to about 70, and black women from 49 to 76.
What good is it to live longer, if it ain't no fun???