Nine 'old-is-new-again' articles on healthy aging and impact

Have consolidated a bunch of my articles over the past couple of years onto Looking Forward. Below is a short summary and link for each. It seems that a bunch of ideas that were mostly speculative are coming back in vogue again and looking more realistic, such as personalised, integrated, user-centric services, but also a whole set of new external priorities battling for mind- and wallet-share, such as the climate crisis and a crisis of trust. Lots to track!

• Japan’s longevity crunch can shape a new kinder, capitalism. A piece published in Nikkei Asia suggesting Japan can teach us lessons about capitalism.
• Global Innovations in Aging and Longevity. A tour of emerging innovations outside the USA that I wrote for AARP International in Dec 2021.
• Bringing Melbourne Back Better. Suggestions for ways that Melbourne could bounce back from a brutal Covid lockdown with an intergenerational perspective.
• Making Movements Happen - Adding Moral Outrage. Learning from social change in the past to suggest we need a moral shift to change ageism.
• The Centenarian Olympics.?Peter Attia’s idea to provide an aspirational and functional set of tasks that can motivate and educate older adults.
• Rethinking Economics.?An essay inspired by Eric Beinhocker’s Oxford lecture on the need to reframe the foundations of economics.
• From Talk to Action.?A framework of eight steps to turn the UK into a global longevity leader
• Hive | A proposal to enable thriving in community. Building a systematic way to keep older people in their homes longer.
• Innovation Framework for Age-Friendly Cities?Suggesting ways for the well-meaning but un-techy WHO age-friendly program to incorporate innovation and tech.

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