People Are Living Longer. Can Old Age Be an Opportunity?

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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More and more people are living longer lives thanks to modern technology and medicine. But what does that mean for our mental health and making sure we’re living better as well as longer? Stanford University Center on Longevity founding director Laura Carstensen digs into how the milestones of life should be reworked, and tells WSJ’s Danny Lewis how society can adapt and plan for the 100-year lifespan to become common. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Sign up for the WSJ's free The Future of Everything newsletter . Further reading: The Keys to Aging at Home? Frank Conversations and Financial Planning Outliving Your Peers Is Now a Competitive Sport Star Scientist’s Claim of ‘Reverse Aging’ Draws Hail of Criticism The Secret to Living to 100? It’s Not Good Habits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.0	What does it mean to live for a century or more? The continued advancement of medicine and technology means more and more
0:26.2	people are living longer and longer lives. According to the Pew Research Center, the number of Americans
0:32.1	living to at least 100 is expected to
0:34.4	quadruple over the next 30 years, from an estimated 101,000 now to about
0:40.4	422,000 by the mid 2050s.
0:44.0	But living long doesn't necessarily mean you're living well.
0:48.0	A lot goes wrong as we get older.
0:51.0	There are physical problems, there are losses of loved ones, there is age
0:56.4	discrimination and ageism. Laura Carstinson is a professor of public policy and psychology and founding director of Stanford University's Center on Longevity.
1:08.0	She says despite humans having the potential to live longer than ever before, aging can take a toll on mental health.
1:15.0	But, she says aging doesn't have to be something to dread.
1:20.0	What we need to do is to rethink how we live our lives from the beginning all the way through in order to optimize these longer lives and to be able to use added years to improve quality of life at all ages.
1:35.0	From the Wall Street Journal, this is the future of everything.
1:41.0	I'm Danny Lewis.
1:42.0	What will it take to turn longer
1:44.3	lifespans into opportunities instead of burdens? Today I'm talking with
1:49.5	Professor Carsonson about how reframing the way we think about getting older can make us happier and healthier.
1:56.0	Stick around. AI may be the most important new computer technology ever, but AI needs a lot of
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