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HERE IS ONE OF MANY WISE SAYINGS I GOT FROM AN OLD PAL OF MINE WHO WAS A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER:

DONT OVERESTIMATE 1 YEAR, DONT UNDERESTIMATE 5 YEARS

I HAVE FOUND THIS VERY USEFUL

AS SOCIETY, WE CAN MULTIPLY BY 20

WHERE HAVE WE COME IN 100 YEARS?

IN U.S. 1900 AVERAGE AGE AT DEATH WAS 45

TODAY IT IS ᡾

WE DID THIS

IN 1900 WE FACED THE SCOURGE OF WAR -- TWO WORLD WARS IN 1ST 50 YRS OF 20TH CENTURY

NONE IN LAST 50 -- PARTLY BECAUSE OF SAGE. WE DID NOT FIGHT BECAUSE WE PAID SO MUCH ATTENTION TO HOW WE WOULD