By Joe Coughlin
Director
MIT AgeLab
with contribution by
Rahul Kolluri
On July 4, 1776, fifty-six Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies ratified the Declaration of Independence, placing the spirit of fervor, liberty, and democracy on which our country stands in writing. Those men, who aged everywhere from twenty-seven to seventy, averaged out at 44 years old. For a group of eighteenth century Americans, the Founders’ collective age is remarkable, considering that the average life expectancy in that era was thirty-five years.
http://bigthink.com/disruptive-demographics/a-lesson-for-this-july-4th-revolutionaries-dont-retire