"Did you know that two-thirds of all the men and women who have ever lived past 65 in the entire history of the world are alive today?" he asks. "Throughout all of history, most people didn't age. They died. So in the 18th century, couples didn't say, 'Gee, what would you like to do in retirement?' Because you'd be dead." The audience is laughing, and Dychtwald builds up speed, smoothly flashing PowerPoint slides with graphs of dramatically increasing life expectancy. "From where I sit," he says, "this longevity revolution will have a bigger impact on people's lives, their money, on the economy, on our families, on work, than either the industrial or technological revolutions of previous centuries."作者: 何鸿燊 时间: 2010-12-10 01:26
Better and longer living population is to the advantage of the USA. Business in USA sell more agricultural and other products to turn world population into fat cats. Then they sell more drugs to make huge sum of money.
