Ageing - the future
Dignity – Purpose – Goals -
Dreams
F U T U R E
Slide 4
Some things change far
faster than organisations make decisions
– be flexible and anticipate
A news story can
destroy an organisation in a day
The Genetic Revolution
DNA
Designer Life
The digital revolution changes what we do
The genetic revolution changes who we are
“The first 150 year old
human is probably already alive”
How we were in 1995
When Will You Feel Old ?
Age of settling down /
having children / giving up dancing... ?
1 million “transgenic”
animals
Ageing Hair Follicles
Hair in all the wrong places
Grow New Teeth
Cure for old-age
loss of sight
Heart repair already a
reality
Your Brain Can Repair
Itself
Daily
Paralysed rats
walk again
Growing organs to order
Slide 20
Food: new tobacco?
Diabetes – family epidemic
Failure to Breed and Longer Life
Longevity Patterns
GM now spends more on health
care for those who used to work for the corporation than it spends on steel
Slide 26
Retirement Age is Last
Century Idea
Ageing Crisis – Pensions and
Health
Compression of Morbidity
Just to get us thinking…
Live to 160
years old?!
Twice daily Rx prolongs life
in rodents (20%)
Reduces their cancer deaths by up to
80%
Metformin
Few and rare major side effects
Indications: all those over 50 ????
Copying animals that are
eternal
John Guerin
Gene in Centenarians is same
as that in long-lived yeast and worms
How much will life
expectancy increase?
Jay Olshansky
Slide 36
Tribalism conflicts
AARP is a Tribal Movement !
Slide 39
Unsustainable contrasts
between rich and poor nations
will lead to global instability
Instant e-feedback will have
a huge impact on TV show hosts and government
Mid-show resignation will not be uncommon !
Slide 42
Death of Old Politics
Single Issues Get People
Fired Up
Single Issues
Every single issue becomes a
new law
US PublicViews on Ageing
R+D
Stephen Anstad
Answer to ageing
controversy: Focus on Function
Slide 49
Positive Human Needs in 2030
will be the same
New trend – get a life
60% of US work for nothing
Four word phrase
The ultimate slogan for every age
Connect with all the
passions of the human heart and they will follow you to the ends of the earth,
buy your products and services with pride, gladly promote the work of AARP, and
be willing to work for you for next to nothing
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