Surely some other bad thing has increased in proportion; I could make an attempt but I don’t really feel like defending the idea.
the increase in healthy lifespan
You mean an an increase in the amount of time we spend living a net negative existence, necessitating the suffering of others? That sounds like a bad thing to me, not a good thing.
Surely some other bad thing has increased in proportion; I could make an attempt but I don’t really feel like defending the idea.
You mean an an increase in the amount of time we spend living a net negative existence, necessitating the suffering of others? That sounds like a bad thing to me, not a good thing.
Why “surely”?