Life expectancy rose by a crazy amount, but the biggest driver of that was the decline in maternal and child death. The term mid life crisis is widely believed to be attributed to a particular psychoanalyst named eliot jacks. But modern research on the mid life crisis suggests that it is not very common.
How is aging different today than it was in the past? What do young people get wrong about happiness? And what does it mean if you impulsively decide to get your ear pierced in an unusual place?