Eli5: How is the average lifespan still only around 70 years old given the advancements in technology nowadays?

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shouldn’t we have extended the life expectancy to at least 90-100 years with all the advancements we have in medicine now?

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Ageing causes disease. We can cure one or more diseases, but if we don’t cure ageing, whatever we cure will just be replaced by something else. If we cure cancer, you could increase the average human lifespan by a few years and everyone would die of heart disease or kidney failiur or whatever.

Ageing is a clusterfuck, and unless asked to i’m not going to rant abou the details (though i’d love to), suificed to say, DNA gets all fucked untill it kills you somehow.

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