The 4 Horsemen, the Body in your Mind and Peter Drucker
In his book (which I’m currently finishing up) Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Dr Peter Attia points out that the odds are overwhelming that an average middle-class person will die as a result of one of the chronic diseases of aging he calls the Four Horsemen. These are heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, or type 2 diabetes and related metabolic dysfunction. For those who care about these things, the Four Horsemen imagery is taken from Revelation 6 in the New Testament of the Bible. I choose not to go into the Revelation 6 imagery's meaning and symbolism here but maybe suffice to say that it is intended to convey the coming of chaos, hardship and eventually death. How it also relates to Attia's point is that the Horsemen come in response to choices made by individuals and groups of people. Attia’s view is that one of the Horsemen or a combination of them will eventually kill you and me, before out time. This of course apar...