Principle 01
Numbers are context.
Life expectancy describes populations, not a person’s fate. Health, circumstance, chance, and inequality make individual lives diverge widely from every average.
About · A note on purpose
Clarity without urgency.
Remain Life exists to make finitude useful—not frightening. It holds evidence beside reflection, then leaves room for a reader’s own conclusions.
Principle 02
No manufactured anxiety.
There are no death dates, ticking counters, or claims of prediction here. The point is attention: time becomes more valuable when it becomes visible.
Principle 03
Sources stay attached.
Every dataset names its year, definition, and source. Biographies distinguish original editorial writing from public-domain source material.
Methodology
Static by design.
The site ships with a dated snapshot of its data. It does not fetch information while you browse, store calculator inputs, or create a personal profile. This makes the experience fast, private, and reproducible.
Longevity
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy are WHO estimates for both sexes at birth in 2021. They use modeled mortality and morbidity data and should not be mixed with national statistics that use different methods.
Time use
OECD diary studies cover different survey years and methods. They are best read as broad patterns. Simultaneous activities are usually recorded only once, under the primary activity.