Presentation at Resolution Foundation book launch event for The Longevity Imperative.

1. Wifi

2. The Longevity Imperative
Building a Better
Society for Healthier,
Longer Lives
Andrew J. Scott

3. A Rising
Population
and an Ageing
Society
World Population 1950 - 2100

4. Malthusian Problems
“The power of population is so
superior to the power of the earth to
produce subsistence... that premature
death must in some shape or other
visit the human race”

5. How did we solve
Malthusian
overpopulation threat?

6. • Ingenuity
• Investment
• Innovation
• Institutions

7. Instead of an
Ageing Society
think of a
Longevity
Society
World Population 1950 - 2100

8. • You are now likely to live to be old
• We fear getting old, outliving our health, wealth,
relationships, sense of purpose and engagement
• What are you going to do now to support your ageing
well?
The Longevity Imperative
We need to be EVERGREEN

9. A Second Longevity
Revolution Begins
A 2nd Longevity Revolution now needs to begin focused
on changes in how we age –ensuring life is not just
longer but healthier and more productive
A 1st Longevity Revolution is nearing completion.
Improvements in infant/midlife mortality mean the
majority can now expect to become old

10. A Three-Dimensional Longevity Dividend
Longer Lives
Healthier for
Longer
Productive and
Engaged for Longer

11. What are you going to do to be evergreen?

12. Wifi