How to Become a Super Ager, Dr. Eric Topol

[littlemissmartypants]

How to Become a “Super Ager:” The Science-Backed Secrets to Longevity

Amanpour and Company

Runtime 17:43
We're often warned of what to expect with an aging population: the drain on the economy, the workforce, medical services and so much more. Now, Dr. Eric Topol suggests there is reason for hope — in new technology and medications with the potential to extend vibrant good health until later in life. Dr. Topol joins Walter Isaacson to discuss what he calls a "breakthrough moment in the history of human healthcare."

Originally aired on July 11, 2025

[question everything]

1. There have been several stories recently about living to 100 and I wonder about it

Do we have the means to support ourselves? Social Security does not have the funds. I don’t know how our savings can stretch that far.

So back to the old days when we move to the homes of family members? How many of us even have children who can accommodate us?

As an aside, this is something that many do not realize, that Social Security benefits affect not only seniors but also family members. Not many remember the old days when family members moved into our homes when they got old and sick.

[1WorldHope]

2. I've known many people who got to close to 100.

My grandpa lived to 105. Those last years living in nursing homes are not the best years of our lives. The rest of our lives now include either 20 years of undoing the damage the maniac is doing, or living under a country ruled by his successors. I'm having a hard time getting through each day as it is. I've never been so unhappy and pessimistic about the future. I have very low hope for planet Earth becoming 1 world of cooperating countries for the good of all.

[cyclonefence]

3. Me too

I know a couple of retired doctors in their mid-90s, and both of them are miserable, pitiably grateful for a visit (which is touch because they're both deaf as posts) or a phone call, which is damn near impossible. Both are in reasonably good health; one lives alone in an assisted-living apartment, and the other has a 20-years-younger wife, who is now essentially a caregiver.

Not sure I want to live that long, even with good health and plenty of money.