What are the challenges of an increasing human lifespan? These experts explain
We are living longer than ever before. The 100-year-life is no longer the stuff of science fiction. But what does this mean? In the bestselling 100 Year Life, economist Andrew J Scott and management professor Lynda Gratton analysed what changes this presents to our way of thinking about life. In their follow-up, The New Long Life, they revisit these themes in the context of technological and societal change. Spear’s caught up with the pair on Zoom to discuss the book and its pertinence in light of the Covid-19 pandemic
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