I know. I was so disappointed when I found out I wasn't the first person who deduced this from Everett. I still reserve the right to explain it in my own off-brand way.

The part about fewer paths going forward, and what that implies about longevity and loneliness, is mine. I didn't get into my corollary, which is that the limitation of (un)consciousness in future dead paths must exert a reverse time pressure on present events.