The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity by Lynda Gratton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Very interesting & enlightening book on how the average length of life--especially in western, developed countries--has been lengthening 2-3 years per decade (since the early 1900s). My children have a very good good of living till they're 100 yrs old. But, with longer living comes some issues that need attention--which this books does a good job of addressing: how will companies/organizations & governments adjust to help accommodate these changes, how will people financially pay for longer "retirements," and what effects will this have on the traditional 3-stage life cycle (childhood & education, work, and retirement & recreation). Also, with people living longer, how will they occupy their time and make life meaningful. I thought the insight that retirement & recreation in what we now consider older age will need to change to be more a time of re-creation was excellent. How will older people continue to grow & learn and make meaningful contributions to life/society & family? Very good question--since, a miserable life lived longer with no meaning or joy would be a travesty. Read this on my Kindle; borrowed from the library.


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