# Life expectancy and the length and value of life: On a historical overimagination

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2011-04-05-life-expectancy-and-the-length-and-value-of-life-on-a-historical-over

The piece explains how life expectancy at birth can misrepresent adult longevity and distort historical narratives.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 5 April 2011

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2011/04/life-expectancy-and-the-length-and-value-of-life-on-a-historical-overimagination/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 5 April 2011
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: history, data-literacy, historiography.

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