This research is about the social side of the story. So what they report as faith are the social institutions – religions and membership of these institutions. I am doing an eBook that will marry the social perspective with the findings about individuals to answer these kinds of things.

The role of creativity isn’t addressed by the social pershpective. For me it is part of the story of agency. My interpretation of the Whitehall Studies (see The Status Syndrome) is that what those of higher status have more of is agency. This relates to creativity in my view.

Eating a lot less while maintaining the same activities is the one known way to increase life span in animals of all classes. There are currently experiments going on with chimps – which is as close as we can get to people. To experiment with this would be effectively starving children and so would have ethical difficulties (to put it kindly). There are adults experimenting with this. It means a diet with less calories than recommended and not being able to get RDI’s for some nutrients. It also means no alcohol, no added sugar, no added fat. It takes someone very dedicated to follow the kind of diet that can extend lifespan (different to being healthy for you current lifespan). If you do a google search for Roy Walford you’ll find lots about this.

Many thanks for your comment, It’s delightful to find others who engage on these kinds of topics. Hope you have a great day.

But whatever happened to music, art, creating things that others can enjoy, talk about or be inspired by?

Eating less usually indicates a less active life and a reduced demand for calories. But if you need to do less then perhaps the life we have led has been too hectic?

As long as we stop bragging about ” I’m 88 you know”. Just live for life.

Just want to remark that the oldest are not necessarily the healthiest. There are those that have contributed very little to our development that are aged.
No for me, as long as I can function with all of my faculties and continue to create new things, then I’ll be happy when ever my time is up.

Take good care and get as much joy as you can every day.