Challenges and Opportunities of a Society of Longer Lives

Governments and individual citizens are rightly concerned about aging societies. There is considerable mismatch between the cultural norms that guide people through life and the sudden increase in average life expectancies.  Longer lives will demand changes to work, education, family life and leisure.  Yet within nearly every challenge, there are opportunities to improve quality of life at all ages.  Governments that consider both challenges and opportunities are likely to prosper greatly from longer life.