Society Has Everything Wrong About Ageing | Andrew Scott | Modern Wisdom Podcast 201

Andrew Scott is an economist and an author. Society has never been so old and yet never had so long still to live. More women had children over the age of 40 than under the age of 20 in 2019 and 1 in 5 women born today will reach 100 years old. What does this ageing globe mean for how we should see our life's journey? How should public policy be changed? And what are we going to do with all these old people (including ourselves)? Sponsor: Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (enter code MODERNWISDOM for 50% off your membership) Extra Stuff: Buy The New Long Life - https://amzn.to/3eO9NUd Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #longevity #ageing #health - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Andrew ScottguestChris Williamsonhost

Jul 25, 202059mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: July 25, 2020
Duration: 59m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Andrew Scott is an economist and an author. Society has never been so old and yet never had so long still to live. More women had children over the age of 40 than under the age of 20 in 2019 and 1 in 5 women born today will reach 100 years old. What does this ageing globe mean for how we should see our life's journey? How should public policy be changed? And what are we going to do with all these old people (including ourselves)? Sponsor: Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (enter code MODERNWISDOM for 50% off your membership) Extra Stuff: Buy The New Long Life - https://amzn.to/3eO9NUd Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #longevity #ageing #health - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

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Andrew Scott
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Chris Williamson
host
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Andrew Scott and Chris Williamson, Society Has Everything Wrong About Ageing | Andrew Scott | Modern Wisdom Podcast 201 explores rethinking Age: Longer Lives, AI, And The End Of Retirement Andrew Scott argues that society misunderstands aging: we fixate on growing numbers of old people instead of recognizing that we are living healthier for longer and need to redesign life accordingly. The old three-stage model—education, work, retirement—no longer fits a world of 100-year lives and accelerating technology. He explains how longevity and AI together will radically reshape careers, education, finance, and intergenerational relations, demanding more frequent reinvention and lifelong learning. Scott insists that individuals, institutions, and governments must consciously craft a new social narrative so that technological and longevity gains become true progress rather than sources of inequality and anxiety.

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