The New Long Life
A Framework for Flourishing in a Changing World
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
A practical guide to how we can positively adapt to a changing world, from the internationally bestselling authors of The 100-Year Life.
"Wonderful . . . This thought-provoking book is a must-read." Daron Acemoglu, New York Times bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail
Smart new technologies. Longer, healthier lives. Human progress has risen to great heights, but at the same time it has prompted anxiety about where we're heading. Are our jobs under threat? If we live to 100, will we ever really stop working? And how will this change the way we love, manage and learn from others?
One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. In our era of unprecedented change, we haven't yet discovered new ways of living.
Drawing from the fields of economics and psychology, Andrew J. Scott and Lynda Gratton offer a simple framework based on three fundamental principles (Narrate, Explore and Relate) to give you the tools to navigate the challenges ahead. Both a personal road-map and a primer for governments, corporations and colleges, The New Long Life is the essential guide to a longer, smarter, happier life.
"This thoughtful book explores how we can reimagine our days and our societies to make our lives better – not just longer." Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
"Stimulating, insightful and inspirational."' Linda Yueh, author of The Great Economists
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Scott (The 100-Year Life) and Gratton (Hot Spots), professors at the London Business School, deliver a stimulating guide for navigating an era of extraordinary technological advances and unprecedented human longevity. The authors call for an urgent reconsideration of how people's lifestyles have been changed by technology, particularly when compared to previous generations. The book is chock-full of academic research, quotes, and data, along with detailed discussions of archetypes the authors use to demonstrate how people have been affected by recent advances: a middle-aged truck driver in Texas whose career is threatened by automation, a young married couple in Japan who must be creative to break out of societal expectations, an elderly man in the U.K. who decides to re-engage with work, among others. Arguing that "currently too many corporate policies are incompatible with human flourishing," the authors provide suggestions for a new corporate model that calls for employers and the government to foster a work environment more tolerant of longer and nonlinear career paths and provides a more even work-life balance. This will be an important tool for both workers and business leaders looking to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
