Webinar Lecture w/ William Kole, Journalist, Author

William J. Kole, Award-winning journalist and author of The Big 100: The New World of Super-Aging
Living to 100 Whether You Want To Or Not

Ask anyone how they feel about living to 100, and you’re sure to get a spirited response. Some are eager to live as long as they can. Many worry about outliving their children, their friends, and their money. “It depends,” others will answer: “Will I still have my health, my mobility, and my mind?”

News Flash: A triple-digit lifespan may well be your destiny whether you’d like it or not. We’re in the midst of what the United Nations calls a “longevity revolution.” More of us than ever before are living to 100. The number of centenarians is projected to increase eight times over by 2050, and half of all 5-year-olds alive right now are expected to hit the century mark.

How is this tectonic demographic shift changing society? What will it be like to live into our 100s in a world that still values youth over advanced age? And is there anything we can do today to ensure our extra tomorrows are worth living? Award-winning journalist and author William J. Kole answers those pressing questions and others as he shares insights from his critically acclaimed book.

William J. Kole, author of The Big 100: The New World of Super-Aging, recently retired as New England editor for The Associated Press but continues to work as an editor for Axios. An acclaimed former foreign correspondent who has reported from North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Kole was a 2022 fellow in aging journalism at Columbia University in New York and at the National Press Foundation in Washington, D.C.