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

· Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Ebook
256
Pages

About this ebook

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 anxiety about where we're heading. Are our jobs under threat? If we live to 100, will we ever really stop working? And how will this change the way we love, manage and learn from others?

One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. In our era of unprecedented change, we haven't yet discovered new ways of living.

Drawing from the fields of economics and psychology, Andrew J. Scott and Lynda Gratton offer a simple framework based on three fundamental principles (Narrate, Explore and Relate) to give you the tools to navigate the challenges ahead. Both a personal road-map and a primer for governments, corporations and colleges, The New Long Life is the essential guide to a longer, smarter, happier life.

"This thoughtful book explores how we can reimagine our days and our societies to make our lives better – not just longer." Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take

"Stimulating, insightful and inspirational."' Linda Yueh, author of The Great Economists

About the author

Andrew J. Scott is professor of economics at the London Business School and consulting scholar at Stanford University's Center on Longevity, having previously held positions at Oxford and Harvard. Through his award winning research, writing, and teaching, his ideas inform a global understanding of the profound shifts reshaping our world and the actions needed for us to flourish individually and as a society. He has served as a board member and advisor to a range of corporates, governments and central banks, is a member of the World Economic Forum's Council on Health ageing and a cofounder of the Longevity Forum. He lives in London.

Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School, where she received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2015 and directs the highly acclaimed course on the Future of Work. Lynda sits as a steward on the World Economic Forum's Council on the New Education and Work Agenda and has attended Davos since 2013. She is ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the top fifteen business thinkers in the world, and in 2018 was appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to be a member of his Council for Designing the 100-Year Life Society.

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