What's going on here? Well, according to this article. an average person in the US has a life expectancy of 936 months, and a month as we know can pass by very quickly. 936 is thus a reminder of the shortness of our life—and the urgency we should act to imbue our life with meaning.
Some have argued that throughout our history, our civilization advances in a way to make our lifestyle more comfortable. But if we look closely, a paradox emerges in that as we become more collective powerful, we also become individually more dependent and feeble.
Basically, it's the idea that humans are progressively domesticating themselves (as explained in this article)—by forces as diverse as governments, corporations, society and other human groups. And much like domestication in other living species, this is bound to have consequences in terms of collective health and well-being (such as becoming physiologically weaker and more dependent on technologies).
So I guess the question would be: Has humanity crossed that line yet, and if so, when did it happen and what can we do to mitigate it?
Source article: Human Domestication — A Tale of Modern Civilisation