Issue 14: October 2026

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FIVE QUESTIONS

Elizabeth Coplan on Bringing Death to Life on Stage

The self-styled Diva de la Muerte is shifting the culture around dying through immersive theater.
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FINANCING LONGER LIVES

What Do Generations Owe Each Other?

It’s time to ditch the blame game for a social contract aimed at easing the generational wealth gap.
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LONGEVITY LITERACY

Longevity Pyramid

A framework that organizes health and medical strategies from daily habits to experimental science.
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PLACES FOR LONGER LIVES

Americans of all ages are stuck in a broken housing market, pinched by tight supply, soaring prices and, above all, a mismatch
between how people live now and the built environment inherited from the last century. A new SCL Magazine series looks at solutions.



DEEP DIVE

Our Households Changed. Our Neighborhoods Didn't.

Americans of all ages need new housing options that address overlapping crises around affordability, caregiving and loneliness.
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ALT/SHIFT

Aging-in-Place Renovation Boom

Because older Americans either don’t want to move or can’t afford to leave their homes, an industry has grown up around them. It’s going to get a lot bigger.
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GAME CHANGER

Carlton Mason on the Power of an Intergenerational Village

A Colorado homebuilder turned nonprofit CEO created a co-housing model for former foster youth and older adults at risk of homelessness.
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OUR MISSION

To accelerate and implement scientific discoveries, technological advances, behavioral practices, and social norms so that century-long lives are healthy and rewarding.

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Karen Breslau
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David Pagano
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