Humainologie creative dialogue may increase life expectancy

Tonight’s dialogue may have added a year or two to my life. There’s evidence from several sources that exactly the kind of social interaction we experienced tonight has such an effect. Specifically, in the UK during the twentieth century, there was a decade by decade increase in life expectancy by about two years each decade, except during the two decades of the World Wars, when life expectancy among civilians increased by about six years in each of those two decades. (I learned about this from Richard Wilkinson.) This was probably attributable to a cultural consciousness of “We are all in this together.” Among human social groups, a positive sense of a shared goal, and optimism about the ability to rise to the challenge together, apparently has psychosocial effects that tend to prolong the lifespan of those who experience it. That mindset was promoted by British government policy during the two World Wars, but it also arose quite spontaneously because of what the British public were experiencing in those years. I think we experienced it tonight. After Mary-Ann’s leadership tonight, and the contributions from all of you, I am convinced we do not have to start another world war to increase our life expectancy in Calgary. Here is that talk by the “Psychologist and Dancer” who mentions how dancing can benefit Parkinsonian patients. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihCh5wzNjYY Tomorrow or Friday I’ll send out the email about next week’s team practice. Toot Sweet, Arthur