Plan your finances and retirement for longer lives and a changing world.
Consider how longer lives and technological change fit into your retirement plans. These starting points offer different ways to think about the years ahead.
Rethink the assumptions behind your retirement plans as AI and longevity research advance. Start with the free Retirement Map guide and one question about your own next chapter.
New tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and robots promise to make lots of things cheaper. Futurist David Shapiro says anything these smart machines can “touch”—software, basic office work, factory goods, even some foods—will keep dropping in cost. But a few items tied to land, rare minerals, or top computer chips may stay pricey. Picture a barbell:…
3 new financial “buckets” for financial planning in an exponential world.
I’m a big fan of Liz Parrish, CEO of BioViva. A true pioneer in the world of slowing and reversing aging, she recently wrote an article called, Endless Returns: BioViva, Gene Therapy, and the Global Economy. The article explores the revolutionary potential of gene therapy in addressing aging and its economic implications. Longevity-enhancing interventions can…
Why Improving Healthy Longevity Is Important Imagine a world where people enjoy longer, healthier lives. With the progress in anti-aging research, this is increasingly becoming a reality. Moreover, it could represent a windfall of over $37 trillion for the United States alone! A study by Scott et al. (2021) titled “The economic value of targeting…
The future of pensions in the age of life extension is a complex and multifaceted issue that will require the collective effort of governments, financial institutions, and individuals to navigate successfully
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.
A continuing flow of promising research on aging points to a growing likelihood that healthy life spans will soon get a significant boost. It is also possible that initial progress in extending “health spans” by a few years will unfold further into “longevity escape velocity” – where remaining life span gets increased by more than 1…
A key theme I write about in RetirementSingularity.com is the idea that we are, I believe, not too far away from being able to extend human healthy life spans well beyond age 120. In my mind, an important unknown is when this will become an accessible and practical reality. My best guess is that the science that will enable this will start showing up in about 15 – 20 years. Since this is not that far away, and likely within your life expectancy, don’t you think it should be something you pay attention to?
cast your mind into the future when advances in science, nutrition and health care begin to take hold and extend our lifespans. It will be a time when age 80 won’t mean falling prey to the typical decline of mind and body that we normally associate with old age. Instead, he suggests we’ll be healthy, energetic and willing and able to keep learning – and keep working.
Stay curious. Stay informed. Shape your next chapter.