In Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Hal, the defiant onboard computer, foreshadows a future of runaway artificial intelligence. More recently, fears about machines making work obsolete and apocalyptic visions of robot...

Can baby boomers searching for answers to the challenges of ageism look to millennials for lessons in self-empowerment? The culture of aging is changing as more and more boomers seek to remain active, productive and purposefully engaged...

Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Encore.org, offers an insightful observation about the promise and potential of longer lives. “Thousands of baby boomers each day surge into their 60s and 70s,” he wrote in a recent article for The Wall...

When it achieved independence 50 years ago, Singapore was an unexceptional place, other than for its challenges. With few natural resources, weak infrastructure and year-round tropical heat, there was little reason to believe in the...

Older populations are growing rapidly in a number of Asian countries. As working people reach age milestones and exit the labor force, questions arise: How will the traditional retirement years be financed? What will the future hold for...

When the Senate Aging Committee was first established in 1961, 9 percent of Americans were over age 65. Today, 15 percent of our population has reached that milestone, and by 2060, nearly one out of four Americans will surpass their 65th...

We’re at a unique time in our history. Increased longevity is converging with unprecedented innovations in biomedical research, genomics, health, and technology to disrupt aging in ways previously unimaginable—empowering us to choose how we...

It's become common knowledge that populations are rapidly aging across the world. Increasing longevity during the last century has contributed to unprecedented global economic growth--and new opportunities for personal fulfillment that...

Forgive some boomers for feeling a bit disheartened. They’re learning a lot about themselves while advancing through middle age and into later life, and the news can be unpleasant. An accumulation of recent surveys and studies indicates...

On March 12-13, SXSW hosted their first Cities Summit in Austin- “an opportunity for civic leaders and creative urbanists of all disciplines to join together to learn, strategize and form coalitions to transform the cities of tomorrow.” I...