Laura Carstensen: Long Life in the 21st Century | Bing Nursery School
By Christine VanDeVelde Luskin, Writer and Bing Alumni Parent Next time you visit Bing Nursery School, look around at the boy building a tower of blocks in East room and the girl laughing on the tire swing in the redwood grove and the toddlers gathered for story time. They will likely be among the first centenarians of the 22nd century.
By Christine VanDeVelde Luskin, Writer and Bing Alumni Parent Next time you visit Bing Nursery School, look around at the boy building a tower of blocks in East room and the girl laughing on the tire swing in the redwood grove and the toddlers gathered for story time. They will likely be among the first centenarians of the 22nd century. Today, the majority of children who are born in developed regions of the world have the opportunity to grow old—a change unprecedented in the history of humankind. That’s because in the 20th century, life expectancy nearly doubled in industrialized nations…
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