Living and Working in an Age of Longevity
by Lynda Gratton
Recommended by Chip Conley and Theodora Lau
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Practical and readable, The 100-Year Life takes the demographic fact of longer lifespans and turns it into scenario-driven advice about careers, education, and savings. Strength lies in concrete scenarios and checklists that help test alternative life-stage plans and retraining paths. Annoyances include repeated anecdotes and a managerial 'plan-and-act' tone that reiterates similar points across chapters. It emphasizes individual planning over structural or policy answers, so it's best used by skimming to chapters that match immediate decisions rather than reading straight through.
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What will your 100year life look likeDoes the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra timeMany of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a threestage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then reti...
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Consider The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis. Recommended by 18 sources.
“Michael Lewis chronicles the friendship and intellectual partnership of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, who championed the idea that cognitive biases shape our choices. The narrative reads like a buddy story, weaving their discoveries into personal anecdotes and the drama of their collaboration. You'll grasp key ideas—loss aversion, framing—through their story, but the book focuses on biography, not application. Helpful for understanding behavioral economics' origins; less useful if you want actionable advice. The emotional arc of their relationship can overshadow the science.”
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