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Will You Survive Today?

Spoiler: Probably. But let's do the math anyway.

Who Are You?

32
Your Daily Survival Odds
99.9999%

~1 in 722.5k chance of not making it

1 micromorts/day from just existing

How Daily Risk Changes With Age

0.1110100020406080100♂ Male♀ FemaleAgeμmorts/day (log)

At 32, you accumulate ~1 micromorts per day just by existing. The curve is starting to notice you.

Is It Worth It?

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Climbing Mt. Everest

40000μmortsExtreme

28900× your daily risk

"At this point it's less a sport, more a death wish with a view."

🏔️

BASE jumping (1 jump)

430μmortsExtreme

311× your daily risk

"Insurance companies left the chat."

🧗

Rock climbing (1 day)

13μmortsSignificant

9× your daily risk

"Gravity is undefeated, but you're doing great."

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Motorcycle ride (50 mi)

10μmortsSignificant

7× your daily risk

"Wind in your hair, risk in your actuarial table."

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Skydiving (1 jump)

8μmortsModerate

6× your daily risk

"Still safer than being 85 for a day."

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Hang gliding (1 flight)

8μmortsModerate

6× your daily risk

"Icarus had the right idea, wrong execution."

🏃

Running a marathon

7μmortsModerate

5× your daily risk

"Pheidippides literally died doing this. Worth it?"

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Scuba diving (1 dive)

5μmortsModerate

4× your daily risk

"The ocean doesn't care about your certification."

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General anesthesia

5μmortsModerate

4× your daily risk

"Count backwards from 10... hopefully you'll get to wake up."

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Bungee jumping (1 jump)

3μmortsLow

2× your daily risk

"Like skydiving but with a guaranteed return trip."

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Smoking a cigarette

1.4μmortsLow

1× your daily risk

"Each one shaves ~11 minutes off your life. Tick tock."

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Driving 250 miles

1μmortsLow

Adds 72% to your daily risk

"The most dangerous thing most people do daily."

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Cycling 10 miles

1μmortsLow

Adds 72% to your daily risk

"Eco-friendly AND mildly terrifying."

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Drinking a bottle of wine

1μmortsLow

Adds 72% to your daily risk

"Pairs well with existential dread."

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Skiing (1 day)

0.70μmortsNegligible

Adds 51% to your daily risk

"The trees are fine. It's you hitting them that's the issue."

✈️

Flying across the country

0.60μmortsNegligible

Adds 43% to your daily risk

"Turbulence isn't dangerous. The peanuts might be."

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Horseback riding (1 hr)

0.50μmortsNegligible

Adds 36% to your daily risk

"20x deadlier than ecstasy per hour. Neigh kidding."

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Eating a hot dog

0.30μmortsNegligible

Adds 22% to your daily risk

"The processed meat giveth, and the processed meat taketh away."

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Train journey (500 mi)

0.10μmortsNegligible

Adds 7% to your daily risk

"Statistically boring. In a good way."

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Eating a chargrilled steak

0.10μmortsNegligible

Adds 7% to your daily risk

"Medium rare risk. Well done, you."

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Walking in a thunderstorm

0.04μmortsNegligible

Adds 3% to your daily risk

"God's own slot machine. Odds are in your favor."

🥥

Walking under palm trees

0.01μmortsNegligible

Adds 0.7% to your daily risk

"Coconuts kill more people than sharks. Sleep well."