Life Beyond 100 Podcast

Theme of the Week: As governments push retirement ages higher and economists convene to map the longevity economy, this week revealed that the harder question is not how many years we add — but who designs the systems that make longer working lives livable. This week’s highlight: Germany’s proposal to raise its retirement age toward 70 drew sharp comparisons to the United States, thanks to a Forbe...

THEME OF THE WEEK As governments and researchers invest in making longer lives healthier and more productive, AI disruption threatens to push older workers out of the workforce before those investments pay off — exposing the central tension of the 100-year life. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHT Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research published the first rigorous empirical analysis showing that exposu...

THEME OF THE WEEK From molecular mechanisms to legislative mechanisms, this week revealed a convergence: the science of extending healthy years and the policy infrastructure to fund them are advancing on parallel tracks — and both demand urgency. THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHT A Cleveland research team published findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identifying KLF4, a protei...

THEME OF THE WEEK AI is splitting the labor market into two tracks -- and the workers who thrive will be those who pair human judgment with continuous reskilling, regardless of age. WEEK IN LONGEVITY SNAPSHOT This week revealed a labor market cleaving into two distinct paths under AI pressure. PwC's landmark analysis of one billion job ads confirmed that roles emphasizing human judgment are p...

THEME OF THE WEEK AI reshapes how we work and age at work — but only organizations that invest in their people, not just their technology, will capture the longevity dividend. WEEK IN LONGEVITY SNAPSHOT This week's research and data converge on a single insight: the aging workforce is not a liability to be managed but an economic engine waiting to be unlocked. SHRM's landmark AI in HR re...

THEME OF THE WEEK: The institutions that shape how we work, retire, and age are finally confronting a reality they can no longer postpone — people will live to 100, and every system — from employee benefits to senior housing to healthcare — must be redesigned around that fact. WEEK IN LONGEVITY SNAPSHOT: This week made one thing unmistakable: the hundred-year life is no longer a thought experiment...

THEME OF THE WEEK AI reshapes the workforce while longevity reshapes the worker — and institutions on both fronts remain dangerously unprepared for the convergence.

THEME OF THE WEEK The institutions that shaped twentieth-century careers are finally catching up to the reality that people will live, work, and contribute far longer than those systems ever imagined — and this week brought concrete evidence from federal agencies, research journals, Fortune, and global consulting firms that the redesign is accelerating.

THEME OF THE WEEK: The institutions that shape how we work, retire, and age are finally confronting a reality they can no longer postpone — people will live to one hundred, and every system from employee benefits to senior housing to healthcare must be redesigned around that fact.

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