Andrew Scott - The Road to Healthier and Longer Lives | Prof G Conversations

[@contrary8880]

I am in my early 50s. All my mentors are in their 70s...thriving and still working as therapists. They are parents, grandparents, and active partners. I am grateful these WISDOM elders continue to be part of my existence as I too age...THEY have also inspired my plan to expat retire from the US.

[@selinovaldes]

Have you ever noticed how Scott Galloway always says “they” when referring to the aging population instead of “we?” 🤔

[@marathrites]

Watch his TED talk. He includes himself in many of his claims of unequal treatment.

[@joanduffie1707]

As an 87 yr. Old senior, I can assure that I would have liked to work another ten years. That is not how it is in the real world for most of us. It is important to maintain a healthy weight when you’re young and stay away from junk food. However I did gain weight in my mid 50s. I’m the typical chubby old lady. Sorry to tell you the skinny die too with as many or less years than me. People at 100 never say I hope I live another 5 years, they are usually ready to go. Just encourage your family to eat well, nothing extreme and teach them the value of things and budgeting, then sit back and watch to see who really listened. I got about a 60% return on my advice.

[@todorkolev7565]

a bit of fat is worse for males than it is for females. I wish you all the best :)

[@Toomanydays]

I retired at 62 making $150k/yr leaving my position open for someone younger. I’m now spending the money I invested for 40 yrs helping the economy. Yep, I’m 66 and being productive. BTW, I look 10 years younger than Scott or his guest.

[@JeffreyGillespie]

You’re something of a rarity on both counts. Vacating the position for somebody else to have that chance, and also keeping yourself relevant in a different space.

[@johnkelley1426]

Outstanding Q at 19:40. Thank you! Fareed Zakaria said 2 months ago, that if the UK were to become the US's 51st state it would be the poorest US state, poorer than Mississippi. This pilgrim thinks the UK is afraid to tap its potential, too attached to its colonial past 'glory' (typing that reservedly), the Tory politics are an anchor-not a sail.

[@-Gramps]

I’m 70, modest retirement investments, & working on that doctorate degree in Public Health that I always wanted! I hope to do substantive research into the Health Locus of Control Orientation of Rural Asthmatic Children. I don’t go to the pediatric office daily, anymore, but hope to contribute to the health of future generations. I believe I’m still contributing?

[@JeffreyGillespie]

That last bit about understanding young people relative to ones own longevity was fascinating/touching.

[@johnkelley1426]

Scott, thanks for this interview with Dr. Scott. His path-breaking economic ideas ought make a difference. Consider a follow-up with leaders of the science of aging. Dr. David Sinclair, a Harvard geneticist argues that aging is a disease His lab work rejuvenated old mice, reversed sterile old mice to miceopause. (Lesson learned from my deceased father, once over 50ish, never have a doctor your age or older. Science changes too fast, they don't keep up, they retire, they die.)

[@edwardkierklo9757]

The blue zone thesis is not about living longer but living as healthy as possible right to the precipice of death. You can not extend life though you can shorten it.

[@wrightottawa]

I watched this twice to really absorb, as it has been at the back of my mind in a nebulous way. Agism weighs in as a real encumbrance, but the one suggestion that comes to mind is volunteerism. As a late boomer I have enough" of the virtual workplace , but would like to contribute by mentoring in some way. I value my time so highly that I don't want to commit to a week schedule, but would love to be caught uo I a "project" i.e. as an elder.

[@Steelriter]

Hey Scott I really enjoy your work and appreciate all of the hard work you put into the channel. If you are looking for help feel free to reach out I’d love to work for you. Thank you and take care!

[@chuckmurray1825]

I think the retirement systems in the U.S. and the developed world needs to change. We need to allow and encourage senior citizens to do staged retirements. Our employment system is so rigid in the U.S. that it's forcing people to work 40 (if you are lucky) hours per week to get health insurance and make 401K contributions. People age at different rates and people get tired after many years of grinding away. I honestly think we could solve some of our problems by making it easier for people to cut back to part time after 55 or 60 years old and keep their benefits. If we allowed people doing staged retirements to draw a reduced Social Security payments until they retire completely, it would cut some of the Social Security and Medicare Expenses while keeping senior citizens engaged and productive.

[@paulmontague4918]

Perhaps the global productivity stall is that the productivity tool we have is also the biggest distraction- smartphones

[@sideler7057]

I stopped watching halfway through, it is mostly generalities and platitudes. 40 years of full time work or the equivalent in part time work is plenty. People in their 70s don't need to work fulltime if that is the suggestion. The 40 hour work week has been around for 90 years, that's absurd with our massive increase in productivity over those 90 years.

[@unlocalizedproductivity]

Great work Professor G. Your content is informative.

[@susanbaker9311]

I am an enthusiastic follower of Scott Galloway and applaud most of what he says and support his right to say it. However, I was stunned when he used (and replayed) Harrison Butker's commencement address at Benedictine College as an example to young graduates to not be provoked by perspectives that differ from theirs. This was not a speaking engagement where students had a choice as to whether to attend. This was a celebration of each and every student's hard work and dedication over the past 4 years, and it's likely that many, if not most, of the women graduates have aspirations to use their education toward a career. Commencement is a treasured and honored moment in a person's life, and to have someone claim that you've been 'told diabolical lies' as if you lack the ability to discern the truth and make your own decisions is insulting and demeaning to every woman in that graduating class. Butker did not say something like, 'There will likely be another vocation in your life that is equally or even more important than your chosen career.' He said, 'You've been told diabolical lies' and then went on to use his own wife as an example, the wife of a multi-million dollar earner who has the means to stay home and take care of the family. During the 2008 downturn, it was often WOMEN who went back out into the workforce after years of being home because their husbands couldn't find employment. Ensuring that one is equipped with education, skills, and workplace experience is a wise financial decision for any person in our rapidly changing times, and to have a commencement speaker who suggests otherwise is not acceptable and detracts from the graduates' momentous accomplishment. I cannot fathom why Prof Galloway would use this one as an example, and I urge him to reconsider his choice on this one.

[@BlackBuzzzard]

Companies get operating expense tax benefits for capital dev projects and expenses......but parents, other than listing dependents on tax return, raising children is an after tax thing. The tax treatment of raising children should change dramatically.

[@todorkolev7565]

I actually wonder how my retirement will look like 20 years from now (hopefully). Whereas previously one could have assumed they'll be able to hire a young person to take care of them and that their savings would pay for it... Now, both of these are uncertain, as young people are becoming increasingly scarce and AI might ravage our economy and leave nothing but a few companies, effectively ruining everyone who didn't bet on them. Even if you did buy Nvidia and OpenAI at profitable positions - who would buy them off you? Today's 20-year-olds can't afford a used bicycle... Even if you did sell your retirement stock to someone, who would keep you safe (remember: No young people)?

[@johnkelley1426]

The UK is 75% US, 25% European - beg to differ. Was on a week+ holiday with 15 Brits. Fascinating question, when did the US stop being 'British'? My answer, oh bit by bit from 1500 to present. I referred them to, Island at the Center of the World, to Peter Zeihan's works, and would now suggest they read, Latinoland, and The Barbarous Years (the peopling of British NA 1600-1675) (Brit folks were ESCAPING Britain not wanting to be like her). I suspect only folks in the BOWA corridor think the US is 'British'. Self-reported (of course that's non-scientific), genealogy reporting shows that English does not rank among US cits forebears (1) German, 2 Latino, 3 African, etc.).

[@TD05SSLegacy]

Dude, your are monologuing. Get your own platform.

[@louiseobrien2010]

The most underused person in the healthcare system is the patient.

[@jonrussell739]

I dislike where Scott is coming from here. Young people need old people to retire or they have no path to a promotion. Pyramid structures where the people who occupy all the top until the grave is a fucking dystopia for everyone. AI in theory should provide all of the efficiencies and abundance required to support the old retiring. However, if the old already have enough for retirement they shouldn't be leeching off of social security. That I do agree with Scott.

[@TD05SSLegacy]

For older people in the middle it’s hard not to age out. 😢

[@BRODI-vt5hy]

This ai crap is farcical “hey Alexa help grandma up the stairs” 🤡

[@jonrussell739]

@@BRODI-vt5hy right, because if ai doesn't do everything then it basically does nothing. 🤡

[@BRODI-vt5hy]

@@jonrussell739 ai providing efficiencies and abundance in what? useless word vomit nonsense compared to the actual physical reality of care needed to sustain an ever aging population. Dunce

[@vooteimer1234]

How many times have you had Lyn Alden on? More than once according to you

[@dixiebrick]

Would love to work n America but am punished by the SS system if employed before FRA

[@Olexandr____]

I'm too young for this sh**

[@louiseobrien2010]

Demographics are destiny.

[@louiseobrien2010]

We need to be more productive for longer.

[@millennialsecularandauthri3338]

I don’t want people to live longer I need my 7 figure inheritance soon (that’s my retirement plan).

[@stevechance150]

You seem self-centered and selfish.

[@millennialsecularandauthri3338]

@@stevechance150 I am, just need money.

[@jamespardue3055]

Another great interview, but Scott's antipathy towards older people is misplaced. We WERE productive, and now we're transferring our wealth into society by many different means. It's not so much age, or productivity. I see twentysomething Trust Funders all over the world who just inject money into wherever they happen to be, much like older people who are retired. And don't get me started on The Slackers of Gen Y and Z. I'm supporting my wife's family here in Thailand, trying to raise a productive adolescent in a society where the education system is horrible, and for most kids opportunities as they grow up are few and far between. Don't try to tell me I'm not being productive in my old age. Like you, I started working at 15.

[@kuakilyissombroguwi]

Boomers not wanting to let go is the reason we're in this mess of a world to begin with. Now they don't even want to let go and freaking die, like literally every other human throughout the entirety of human history? May God help us all.

[@LumenMichaelOne]

Scott ... this was really boring. I demand the twenty+ minutes of My life I spent listening off&on to this ... discussion...back ... Exponential Return. That's how boring this was.

[@animal9370]

We should teach older people how to work from home.

[@aconsideredmoment]

Perhaps for some. Would not address the loneliness problem for many.

[@animal9370]

@@aconsideredmoment I got a solution for that too. For the lonely.. 1- Join a Gym. 2- Go out to eat at your local restaurant 1 or 2 per week if you can. 3- Go for walks to your local Park,Beach or trail everyday around the sometime, Local farmers market on Saturdays. All this things will help you met new friends. You have to mix it up.

[@ErgoThePrimaryAxiom]

Professor of Economics at London Business School dribble. Not even a hint of an interesting and actionable idea in this conversation. How about the concept of disgusting petrified inequality? LSD or Ayahuasca might do you some good Andrew.