Age Reversal: Do You Want to Be 25 Again? Will you live beyond age 100? A growing number of respected scientists and health researchers believe it is just a matter of time. Headlines like these appear nearly daily; However, resistance to the idea of extending lifespans has many roots. A big one is the…
As we stand on the brink of unprecedented technological advancements, the concept of retirement is undergoing a radical transformation. The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and breakthroughs in medical science are setting the stage for a future where living healthier, longer lives is not just a dream but an impending reality. Here are some of…
The pandemic will very likely speed up the time when people’s healthy life span (or healthspan) is further extended. Impacts to retirement are huge.
Changing Your Perspective on Aging A lifetime of holding one perspective will not be easy to change Even though life spans have been increasing – even doubling in the last couple of centuries, we still age, get old and die. That has been the program since humankind has been around. We look around and see…
Are you expecting to live in a robust and healthy state well beyond age 100? We are currently used to seeing age 80-ish as the limit with those living beyond that in mostly poor, frail shape. Also, if you look at recent stats from the US that show life expectancy has dropped for 3 years…
An extraordinary wave of new interventions, treatments, medical tools and new and more precise medical knowledge is upon us. They will propel the progression of better and faster diagnosis, treatments cures and prevention,
Maybe not! Consider that retirement planning is about the future – your future. And given the acceleration of change in our world, consider that your future will be dramatically different than your past.
Essentially in every crucial area that retirement planning makes assumptions, dramatic changes are coming. I believe that how we think about and plan our retirement is about to be completely undone.
Recently, Stephen Euin Cobb, of the podcast series “The Future and You”, interviewed me on all things “Retirement Singularity”. We got into healthy life extension, technological disruption, life coaching and the impacts to personal finances.
In particular we discussed most of the themes inside the “End of Retirement As We Know It” report.
Is moving retirement age to age 70 the solution for retirement funding shortfalls? As we cope with people living longer and longer, still the acceleration of the rate of change is not appreciated. Moving retirement age to age 70 is an incremental idea couched in outdated assumptions.