Why We Love Our Cars & What Happens if You Live to 100

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Science, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Are you planning to re-gift a gift this Christmas? People have been regifting forever - although it was a Seinfeld episode that made the concept popular. This episode begins with a discussion of how you should re-gift and what the rules are. https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g30169200/regifting-etiquette-rules/ For many of us, our car is extremely important. It is hard to imagine life without a car. So how did the automobile become such a big part of our lives in a relatively short period of time? Joining me to discuss that as well as the fascinating history of cars and what the future may hold, is Dan Albert. He is an historian and writes about the past, present, and future of cars for “n + 1” magazine. He is also author of the book, Are We There Yet? The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless (https://amzn.to/2Wj6uO2). Every year people get stressed out around the holidays because there is a lot to do and people fear they won’t get everything done. Listen as I discuss why this is a needless worry. Once you hear it, you’ll be able to enjoy the holiday season a lot more and stress-out a lot less. Source: Donald Wetmore author of KISS Guide to Organizing Your Life (https://amzn.to/2WfXXLM). Life expectancy has continued to increase dramatically. You are more likely to live to 100 than at any time in human history. Not only are people living longer, they are also staying healthy and active longer. All of this is having an impact on our society and culture. We are more likely to keep working well past 65. Young people are more likely to postpone getting married and postpone the start of their career. Plus, if people are going to live a lot longer, they are going to need more money to support them in all those later years. These are just a few of the ramifications of our new longevity that I discuss with Andrew Scott, Professor of Economics at the London Business School, consulting scholar at Stanford University's Center on Longevity and author of the book The New Long Life: A Framework for Flourishing in a Changing World.(https://amzn.to/3nrIDI1). Whether you are young or old, you will want to hear this discussion. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! This episode is sponsored by Geico. https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	Today on something you should know, if you're going to be a re-gifter this Christmas, you need to know the re-gifting rules. Then the amazing story of why we drive and how cars have become such an important part of our lives.
0:50.0	The one thing I would add that people don't talk about very much is driving is really fun because you can get in that car and go anywhere.
1:00.0	People like to drive your bouncing risk and control. Then if you're worried you won't get everything done for the holidays, you need to hear something.
1:10.0	And are you prepared to live a long, long time? Because there's a good chance you will.
1:16.0	Basically life expectancy of the last 120 years. It's increased by two or three years every decade.
1:22.0	Which means roughly you're living about six or seven years longer than your parents and 12 to 14 years longer than your grandparents.
1:28.0	So there is a lot more time ahead.
1:30.0	All this today on something you should know.
1:36.0	Something you should know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts. And practical advice you can use in your life.
1:44.0	Today. Something you should know. With my carothers.
1:50.0	Hi. This episode of something you should know is being sponsored by Geico.
1:56.0	Geico is the exclusive advertiser in this episode. You will only hear a Geico commercial. You will hear no other commercials.
2:04.0	And you will only hear one Geico commercial. They are our exclusive sponsor today. They're also my car insurance company.
2:12.0	And I really appreciate them sponsoring this episode.
2:16.0	First up today. Are you considering regifting this holiday season?
2:22.0	The term regifting actually started in a sign fell episode called the label maker that aired back in January of 1995.
2:30.0	Where Elaine accused her friend Dr. Tim Watley of being a regifter after Tim Watley gave Jerry a label maker that Elaine had given to Tim Watley.
2:42.0	As it turns out, a lot of people regift and have been regifting for a long time.
2:48.0	And there are some generally accepted rules to regifting.
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