The New Long Life: A Framework for Flourishing in a Changing World

by Andrew J. Scott, Lynda Gratton, Andrew Scott

Book Overview

A practical guide to how we can positively adapt to a changing world, from the internationally bestselling authors of The 100-Year Life.

"Wonderful . . . This thought-provoking book is a must-read." Daron Acemoglu, New York Times bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail

Smart new technologies. Longer, healthier lives. Human progress has risen to great heights, but at the same time it has prompted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635577144
• ISBN13: 9781635577143
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Essential Resource for a Longer Life

This is a companion book to the author's previous title: The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in An Age of Longevity. Together, they serve as guidebooks to a much longer life. The 100-Year Life outlines the three stages of life most of us follow - school, career, and retirement. It makes a strong case for shifting toward a multi-stage life perspective. If we live 100 years, retiring at 65 is an unlikely proposition. We will be healthier longer; therefore, we must reimagine what life looks like after 65. Not just more things to do as retired people but a complete reinvention of what life and work look like and the role of elders in society. The New Long Life emphasizes the pressing need for each of us to write new narratives for our lives. If we live to 100, do we need to select a career by 22? Marry by 30? The stories we tell ourselves about life need to change. We need to begin the work of constructing a new vision for aging based not on being “finished” (retired) and then using leisure as a means to wait for our passing, but instead, to see our entire life as one long ride in which possibility never ceases, we should never be finished with living. There will be no “right” way to age; it will require tremendous self-awareness and intentional action to direct your life in a manner you will be happy with. We must live differently as older people if we are to be treated differently by the larger society. Over the next 50 years, we will see more people over 65 globally than ever before. This is going to spark significant changes in our society. The New Long Life (along with The 100-Year Life) is essential for understanding what we can do to prepare ourselves and others to embrace this as an opportunity to live life differently as older people and as a society that honors and values people of all ages.