"Ahead of me lies the familiar litany: weakening……" — Jared Diamond

Ahead of me lies the familiar litany: weakening of the heart, hardening… - Jared Diamond

"Ahead of me lies the familiar litany: weakening of the heart, hardening of the arteries, increasing brittleness of bones, decreases in kidney filtration rates, lower resistance of the immune system, and loss of memory. The list could be extended almost indefinitely. Evolution seems indeed to have arranged things so that all our systems deteriorate, and that we invest in repair only as much as we are worth."

— Jared Diamond

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