Note: this isn't about value to YOU, it's about objective, inherent value of lives. 

There was a poll recently asking people whether a stranger’s life is worth “just as much as” the lives of friends and relatives. 49% of Americans said definitely, while the rest were split between “probably,” “maybe,” “probably not” and “definitely not.”

The really shocking thing was that only 39% of those under age 30 answered "definitely" while 58% of people aged 65 and older answered "definitely". 

I wonder if that's an age thing, or a generational thing. Is it that people of that older generation have different values? Or is this something that changes as you get older, perhaps as you've had more life experience, or experienced grief and bonded with other people grieving yourself.