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“Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives.” —President Barack Obama (on Twitter) “An important book.” —Steven Pinker, The New York Times Book Review Now also a PBS documentary series: the surprising story of how humans gained what amounts to an extra life, from the bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From As a species we have doubled our life expectancy in just one hundred years. All the advances of modern life—the medical breakthroughs, the public health institutions, the rising standards of living—have given us each about twenty thousand extra days on average. There are few measures of human progress more astonishing than our increased longevity. This book is Steven Johnson’s attempt to understand where that progress came from. How many of those extra twenty thousand days came from vaccines, or the decrease in famines, or seatbelts? What are the forces that now keep us alive longer? Behind each breakthrough lies an inspiring story of cooperative innovation, of brilliant thinkers bolstered by strong systems of public support and collaborative networks. But it is not enough simply to remind ourselves that progress is possible. How do we avoid decreases in life expectancy as our public health systems face unprecedented challenges? What current technologies or interventions that could reduce the impact of future crises are we somehow ignoring? A study in how meaningful change happens in society, Extra Life is an ode to the enduring power of common goals and public resources. The most fundamental progress we have experienced over the past few centuries has not come from big corporations or start-ups. It has come, instead, from activists struggling for reform; from university-based and publicly funded scientists sharing their findings open-source-style; and from nonprofit agencies spreading new innovations around the world.

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First off, I have to take the time to make fun of the people who are responding to interviews with Steven Johnson and claiming that he's skewing live expectancy data by not accounting for the disproportionate impact of infant mortality on the metric: Bro - it's addressed in the book, and data are presented in terms of life expectancy at birth, life expectancy at 20 years, etc...try reading it before you offer stupid criticisms.Now, onto the review: There's nothing here that hasn't been noted before, but the author does a good job summarizing the various advances that have lead to greater life expectancy in terms of their relative impact. What I find most interesting is the argument (with examples) that advances are rarely the result of the solitary genius having the 'eureka' moment, but almost always the result of the 'ripening' of knowledge based on the contribution of multiple efforts. It's an easy read, and a great reminder of how much progress humanity has made in a relatively short period of time.

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