The Long Imperative: Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives by Andrew J Scott
Past SOLLA webinar presenter Professor Andrew Scott, and author of the 100 year Life, looks at the how individuals and society can achieve a longevity agenda which keeps us ‘evergreen’.
We live at a unique time in human history. For the first time ever, the young and middle-aged can expect to live long enough to become old. That requires all of us, regardless of age, to behave differently. We need to ensure lives are not just longer but also healthy, productive and engaged for longer. In a book of impressive sweep, Scott looks at the implications this brings for every aspect of life and how individuals and society can achieve a longevity agenda which keeps us ‘evergreen’.
“The Longevity Imperative” outlines the fundamental changes needed in our health system, the economy and the financial sector. It also looks at the critical cultural and political shifts that need to happen as we adapt to a new longevity era.
“The Longevity Imperative” demands you think of your life and the world around you totally differently to reflect this new reality. It points to how we can seize new and exciting opportunities to improve our culture, institutions, and individual lives in preparation for longer futures and a new era for humanity. It demands we move away from the negativity of an ageing society and elevate a longevity society, alongside climate change and AI, as a key factor determining our individual and collective future.
Andrew J. Scott is a professor of economics at London Business School, having previously taught at Oxford and Harvard University. He is co-founder of the Longevity Forum, a consulting scholar at the Stanford Center on Longevity, and co-author of the global bestseller The 100-Year Life. He lives inLondon.