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  The Biological Off-Ramp: Why the State Wants You Dead The British state has a math problem, and you are the denominator. This year, the UK...

  The Ten-Year Grace: Why the State is Shrinking Your Sunset The modern pension system was never built on the kindness of the state; it was ...

  The Sweet Spot of Dying: Why "Retirement" is a Modern Myth The dream of the "golden years" is currently being replaced...

  The Genetic Lottery: Nature’s Cold Calculation The latest findings in the journal  Science  are a sobering slap in the face to the "s...

  The Frankenstein Dilemma: Ricky Wong’s Quest for the Eternal Head Ricky Wong, the man who tried to give Hong Kong a new TV station and end...

  The Alchemy of the Anxious Elderly The wellness industry is the modern world’s most successful protection racket. It preys on the one thin...

  The High Cost of Looking Important There is a particular kind of poverty that smells like expensive cologne and aged scotch: the poverty o...

  The Biological Betrayal: Why 44 and 60 are the Real "Cliff Edges" Scientists at Stanford didn't just guess; they used  Longi...

 The "Chinese Curse" of business is often summarized as "Wealth does not pass three generations."  In contrast, Japan bo...

  Immortality Talk: Putin, Xi, and the Search for Longevity During a recent military parade in Beijing, a conversation between Russian Presi...

Quality of Life vs. Longevity: Time to Rethink What Truly Matters in Aging Societies In modern society, longevity is often celebrated as a t...