The 100-Year Life Is Here. We’re Not Ready.

In the United States, as many as half of today’s 5-year-olds can expect to live to the age of 100, and this once unattainable milestone may become the norm for newborns by 2050. Yet, the social institutions, norms and policies that await these future centenarians evolved when lives were only half as long and need updating. In 2018, The Stanford Center on Longevity launched an initiative called The New Map of Life, believing that one of the most profound transformations of the human experience calls for equally momentous and creative changes in the ways we lead these 100-year lives, at every stage.  We can meet challenges that longevity creates if we act now, guided by these principles:

1. Make the Most of the 100-Year Opportunity
2. Invest in Future Centenarians to Deliver Big Returns
3. Align Health Spans to Life Spans
4. Prepare to Be Amazed by the Future of Aging
5. Life Transitions Are a Feature, Not a Bug
6. Learn Throughout Life
7. Work More Years, With More Flexibility
8. Build Financial Security from The Start
9. Age Diversity Is a Net Positive for Societies — and the Bottom Line
10. Build Longevity-Ready Communities

 

PUBLICATIONS

The New Map of Life
Extended Report

The New Map of Life
Summary Report

Fellows’ Reports
(2019 Cohort)

CURRENT FELLOWS

Julian Ashwin
Economic Gains from Longevity
Advisor: Andrew Scott
Bio

Li (Leigh) Chu
Engagement with Assistive Technology
Advisor: Laura Carstensen
Bio

Anchal Garg

Anchal Garg
Home Exposure to Toxins
Advisor: Rob Jackson
Bio

Claire Growney
Intergenerational Relations
Advisor: Laura Carstensen
Bio

Apoorva Rangan
Medical Curricula for Longevity
Advisor: Deborah Kado
Bio

Subbu Sankarasubramanian
Cognition and Personal Finance
Advisor: Anthony Wagner
Bio

Oleksandr Skorokhod
Longevity Implications for Science Education
Advisor: Craig Heller
Bio

Jordan Weiss
Modeling Longevity Trajectories
Advisors: David Rehkopf/Nilam Ram
Bio

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Do rules created when most people lived only to 50 or 60 still make sense when more and more people live to 100? Longer lives are, at once, among the most remarkable achievements in all of human history and one of the great challenges of the 21st century. How can we ensure that our lives are not just longer, but healthy and rewarding as well? Century Lives, the new podcast from the Stanford Center on Longevity, is here to start the conversation.

CONTACT

Sponsorship Opportunities
Martha Deevy, Associate Director
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Media Inquiries
David Pagano, Communications Director
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