The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold claims to the contrary that by now should sound familiar. S. Jay Olshansky boldclaimclose Change image and share on social
As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed at dramatic life extension. S. Jay Olshansky culturedesiredramatic Change image and share on social
If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible. S. Jay Olshansky agedisabilitydisease Change image and share on social
In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we pay for those added years is the rise of chronic diseases. S. Jay Olshansky addagoancestor Change image and share on social
As soon as a handful of scientists come up with an intervention shown to influence aging in other species, they begin selling it as an intervention for humans, even though there may not be evidence it works. S. Jay Olshansky agingbeginevidence share on social
Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like? S. Jay Olshansky continuecropenvelope Change image and share on social
The real problem is that there's a tendency to associate ageing with loss and decline and things that aren't desirable. But experiencing all that there is to experience in life - whether that's at the age of ten or thirty or fifty or eighty - is what life is all about. S. Jay Olshansky ageassociatedecline share on social
If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from. S. Jay Olshansky autopsydiefind Change image and share on social
In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life. S. Jay Olshansky centenarianfecundityhigh Change image and share on social
If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages. S. Jay Olshansky ageagingbiological share on social
