Futurist Brian Wang wrote in February, 2022 about the need to get hardcore about mitigating aging when you are 60 and over.  He will turn 57 in a few months & actuarial tables show his risk of death each year is passes 1%/year in the next few years. By the time most of us are 70, the risk of death each year  passes 2%/year. If we take care of ourselves with exercise, proper diet, & supplements, we might be able to re ...

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Futurist Brian Wang wrote in February, 2022 about the need to get hardcore about mitigating aging when you are 60 and over.  He will turn 57 in a few months & actuarial tables show his risk of death each year is passes 1%/year in the next few years. By the time most of us are 70, the risk of death each year  passes 2%/year. If we take care of ourselves with exercise, proper diet, & supplements, we might be able to reduce annual risk by 30-50%.

None of this is cheap, however, begging the question of whether these uninsured costs will only be available to those whose wealth already increases their lifespan. Already, the wealthy can expect to outlive the poor by 20 years or more.

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Authors Bio:

Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.

His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:

http://www.americaisnotbroke.net/

Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of articles for Common Ground's national publication, GroundSwell, and has advocated for the Georgist Land Value Tax to public and political audiences.

A complete list of his publications can be found here:

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He is also New York State Coordinator,Senior Advisor, Director and AI Chair for the Public Banking Institute

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Scott has appeared on TV/Radio and in in-person Presentations to explain the principles of Georgism, Greenbacking, and State Banking. These may also be found on his personal blog: http://newthinking.blogspot.com/

Scott has a dozen progressive petitions on Change.org which may be found here:

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Scott was an I.T. Manager for a major New York university for over two decades where he earned a Certificate for Frontline Leadership.

He had a video game published in Compute! Magazine: Click Here

Scott is a graduate and adjunct faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City.

Scott is a modern-day Renaissance Man with interests in economics, science and all future-forward topics.

He has been called an "adept syncretist" by Kirkus Discoveries for his novel, NeitherWorld - a two-volume opus blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy, with a sci-fi flair http://amzn.to/10nUoDV

Scott grew up in New York City and Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Psychology honor society PSI CHI.

Today he is an avid bicyclist and ride co-leader in a prominent bike advocacy organization.

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