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What If You Are Still Alive in 2100?
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What If You Are Still Alive in 2100?

Elizabeth Blackburn, Thomas DeRosa, Lynda Gratton, Derek Yach and Nancy Gibbs
World Economic Forum, 2016
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Human beings increasingly will live to 100 and beyond. Alas, societies are unprepared for prolonged longevity and are ignoring an impending crisis. In this World Economic Forum discussion, a panel of experts addresses the broad ramifications of graying societies. getAbstract recommends this ambitious yet somewhat meandering conversation to politicians, health care administrators and anyone responsible for paving the road to a harmonious, grayer future.

Take-Aways

  • A human life expectancy of 150 years is not unrealistic. Human beings will live longer due to an improved understanding of the aging process, allowing them to negotiate early in life the avoidable causes of heart disease, dementia, diabetes and cancer.
  • If those who live to 100 want to retire on 50% of their salaries, they will have to work to between the ages of 79 and 82.
  • In the 1970s, many firms provided child care to lure women into the workforce. In the future, progressive companies may offer day care for their employees’ senile parents.

About the Speakers

Nancy Gibbs is managing editor of Time magazine. Elizabeth Blackburn won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2009. Lynda Gratton is a professor of management practices at the London Business School. Derek Yach is chief health officer of Vitality Institute. Thomas DeRosa is CEO of Welltower.

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