Life expectancy declining

Life expectancy declining in high-income countries, especially in the US: Study

Last Fall 2018 Meeting

For our last meeting, for Fall 2018, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, December 14.  The place is on Palumbo.

Our topic this week may be selected from the following (the first item is the planned topic):

-- Declining Average Life Expectancy

-- Housekeeping, if any, looking forward to EOY 2018 and BOY 2019
-- Political correctness
-- Migration

If you have suggestions, or if you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com.

See this SIG web page at https://reasonockhammencken.blogspot.com/  

Nick Bostrum: Jobs and AI

Nick Bostrom answers Paul on AI and human stupidity

Do we exist within a Simulated Reality?

Do we exist within a Simulated Reality?

Next Meeting-- 12/7/2018

For our next meeting, for Fall 2018, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, December 7.  The place is on Palumbo.

Our topic this week may be selected from the following (the first item is the planned topic):
-- Housekeeping looking forward to EOY 2018 and BOY 2019  
-- Kialo.com (exploring)*
-- Political correctness
-- Migration 
-- Artificial Intelligence
-- Declining Average Life Expectancy
-- The origin of the concept & early history of Hope & its subsequent evolution to contemporary times

If you have suggestions, or if you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com.

* before Thanksgiving the library was blocking this site, but I checked again last Friday -- it was reachable.  Here's hoping.