“Generativity,” like all words, is made up. In this case, it is comparatively new, coined by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson in 1950. “A concern for establishing and guiding the next generation” is Erickson’s most often quoted definition. The principle of generativity…
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“Don’t underestimate the ingenuity of humankind,” writes Michael Milken, chairman of The Milken Institute, in the foreword to the new book The Upside of Aging. Milken compares the original sequencing of the human genome, which took 13 years and cost…
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George Santayana wrote, “Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” Good advice for the next generation, the youth who can use the knowledge gained by and from today’s older adults to benefit their own longevity.…
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