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What Happens When We Live Longer? Kyle Wan on Longevity and Risk

Kyle Wan, chairperson of the Academy's Life Experience and Assumptions Committee, explores what happens when one of humanity's greatest achievements, living longer, creates new financial and societal challenges. Kyle examines how longer lifespans, declining birth rates, medical advances, and an aging population could reshape retirement, insurance, and the systems people rely on as they grow older. He also explores the important difference between lifespan and healthspan. It's not simply about how long we live, but how many of those years we spend in good health. He breaks down why mental…

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