The 100-Year Life summary

You don’t need a doctorate in economics to know that the working world has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Your life at the office is no doubt very different from that of your parents’ generation.

But how do such differences relate to increasing life expectancy?

Your parents today may not even understand what it is that you do for a living – modern work has changed that much in a short time. And it certainly will continue to change as technology influences the workplace.

Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are certainly changing work as we know it. While this technology is still young, we can expect its influence to grow, with the biggest changes yet to come.

Are you someone who spends every free minute at the gym, working out to stay healthy? If so, good for you. Taking care of yourself may be more important than you think.

With life expectancy on the rise, staying healthy is all the more essential. For instance, let’s say you develop back pain at age 50, and you’re expected to live until 70. You’ll have to manage your back pain for some 20 years – already a long period.

The world’s economy has changed significantly, offering many different working realities for each successive generation. While your parents may have found a job in their 20s that they stuck with until retirement, today your options as a working individual are much broader.

Since young people today are no longer bound by the three traditional stages of schooling, work and retirement, there’s more room for exploration, which is important. Being an explorer can mean learning more about other countries, but it also means exploring your environment and finding your place in it.

It’s hard to think about retirement plans without thinking about money. While most people know that a comfortable retirement is built through smart accounting, it doesn’t mean that putting your finances in order is an easy process.

In fact, planning for retirement is complex, as it’s hard to anticipate future prices or needs. Yet there are a few tricks to help you plan a path toward a stress-free retirement.

When you meet someone at a party, it’s common to want to know all sorts of things about that person, from where they work to what music they like.

Oddly enough, we show considerably less curiosity when we turn that same lens on ourselves.