Labour. In some ways, the very word seems to have transmuted in its meaning from eras quite distant to that of our current times. For example, in the 1933 version of the Oxford English Dictionary, which gives multiple references to word origins, the noun labour, derived from Middle English, has many definitions for different points
Widening our lens on aging and longevity Looking for a break from North American conversation around the social aspects of aging and longevity, where the sameness of content has often numbed us from appreciating the realities of others around the world, I am more conscious these days, of how important it is to put our
Stanford Center on Longevity announced the nine finalists in their 4th annual Design Challenge contest at the end of January under the theme “Innovating Aging in Place”. As usual I researched as best I could and for fun, voted for my top three choices. While the winners won’t be chosen until April 2017, Stanford continues
“We are living in a storm, where a hundred contradictory elements collide; debris from the past, scraps from the present, seeds of the future – swirling, combining, separating under the imperious wind of destiny.” Adolphe Retté, La Plume, March 1, 1898 A new year is upon us and the urge to make resolutions and prognostications,
Of the many ways our emerging interconnected global economy is described, an au currant example is a so-called “fourth industrial revolution”, and within that, one major social phenomenon that makes the top of the list in the discussion is – aging and longevity. It is a social systems challenge. It is a market opportunity. It
Down one of the paths in London’s Brompton Cemetery, take a walk in silent reflection upon whatever meaning you want to make out of your life and your leaving, and up from the big sleep of the many hundred monuments and mausoleums will rise the Time Machine. While the Victorian era (from which this mysterious