The Longevity Project
The possibility of living for ten or more decades raises a uniquely twenty-first century question: what are we going to do with our longer lives?
Life expectancy has increased at an extraordinary rate over the past 120 years, from roughly 47 years at the beginning of the 20th century in the United States to more than 78 years today. By some estimates, half of the children born today in the developed world will live for 100 years. But with the opportunity for longer life comes the challenge of optimizing our institutions, policies and investments to support a healthier and more prosperous longevity.
Our Mission: Promote Transformation in Support of Longer Life
We foster research and public conversation to build awareness of the implications of longer life, and bring together leaders from business, government and the social sector to plan for transitions in healthcare, retirement planning, caregiving and more. Together with our lead content collaborator, the Stanford Center on Longevity, and other leading universities, think tanks and media organizations, our goal is to cultivate a new awareness of the longevity challenge and support change so that people around the world can live healthy, secure and fulfilled lives.
Recent news from the Longevity Project…
Thank you for joining us at the first-ever Healthy Aging 50+ conference!
Season 5 of the award-winning podcast
“Century Lives”:
Century Lives: The Retirement Ladder
All episodes are out now!
If there is one thing we know about retirement, it’s that the rules are changing. Longer life, better health, changing work conditions, and challenging financial times mean that the new retirement will be different from the old. But how will it be different? In Season 5 of Century Lives, we explore the new retirement through the stories of eight different employees of Harris Health, the largest public health system in Texas. The employees are united by the fact that they share the same workplace, but they are divided by very different personal stories and goals – and very different financial situations. They are nurses, doctors, carpenters, CEOs, and security officers, and they are imagining very different retirements.
Thank you for joining us at the
2023 Century Summit!
Looking for the next great book on aging and longevity? Want to learn how to live a longer and healthier life? We’ve got the answers. Well not us, per se, but our fantastic lineup of authors sure do. Join us for The Longevity Book Club, featuring conversations with Dr. Marc Milstein, Margareta Magnusson, Myra Strober and Abby Davisson, with many more to come.
Next up…
A Conversation with Andrew Scott, author of The Longevity Imperative: How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives
May 1st, 3 PM ET
TNSB: GEN Z EDITION
A weekly newsletter
March 20, 2024 — For the past year and half, we’ve dutifully reported each week on the implications of an aging nation (and world): from work, to culture, to retirement, to our beloved, dethroned, Bobi. And for the next few months, we’ll continue to do just that—but with a bit of a twist.
Welcome to the temporary installation of TNSB: Gen Z Edition. My name is Kate, I’m 23 years old, I’ve worked at the Longevity Project for 18 months, and I believe that a successful multigenerational society requires better understanding of the needs and capabilities of not just older generations, but of all generations. So I’ll be spending the next few months shedding light on the needs, issues, myths, and research relating to the youngest portion of the adult population, Gen Z, with the hope that we can find a path together towards a more age-inclusive future.
Don’t worry—we won’t forget the older perspective. Ken is off on book research to far flung places (I think he’s in Japan this week?) but will chime in occasionally. Until then, consider this a step towards equal time for younger generations.
The Century Summit 2022
“What are the best predictors [of longevity]? We thought it was going to be their cholesterol level. We thought it was going to be their blood pressure. It turned out to be the quality of their relationships.”
Laura Carstensen, founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, chats with Bob Waldinger, Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, at the 2022 Century Summit. Along with Maria Shriver, Senator Tina Smith and others, Waldinger joined the conversation virtually.
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