Life is invaluable to us, a life is the most precious thing. And though we all think we'll live happily ever after, we ignore the fact that every breath could be our last. Most people don't die in an airplane crash or operating heavy machinery. Most people die in daily activities like cycling, driving a car or taking a shower. So, I think we shouldn't be irresponsible and know our daily risks.
A very useful unit of measurement for this topic is the micromort. The micromort is a unit of risk, it measures the probability of death, where one micromort is a one-in-a-million chance of dying. And well... it's seems living in the first place is one of the greatest causes of death. As a 28 year old, living a year in the US, your risk of dying is 5044 micromorts. This means you'll have a 99.5 percent chance to live to become 33. If you're willing to take some more risk, one micromort will buy you 6 miles on a motorbike, 230 miles in a car or a 1000 miles in an airplane. But if you really want to die, you'd better do something more drastic, you'd better climb the Mt. Everest for 39427 micromorts or use heroin every day for a year: 10680. So if anyone tells you they want to climb Mt. Everest... The soundest advice would be "You'd better start using heroin instead".
Enough doom and gloom. Let's look at the microlife. Yes, there is also a way to prolong your life. 1 microlife represents half an hour of extra life expectancy. So, let's prolong our lives shall we? Start by drinking 2-3 cups of coffee (1 microlife), followed by 20 minutes of excercise (2 microlife) and top it of by drinking a single glass of wine (1 microlife).
So I think I've got the ultimate solution, excersise all day every day, (For every 20 minutes you'll gain an hour!). You'll be immortal, but would it really be living?
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