Dr. Joseph Coughlin
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 30 Jul
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It's great to be here, Mel.
Thanks for having me.
What could be different?
The big difference is that if you're prepared, if you can envision what you think that future is going to be, and please, it's not going to be all about beach walks and pickleball and maybe even grandchildren.
Those will be good punctuated moments.
But hopefully the things that we're doing with my team at the MIT Age Lab and the conversation that we'll have is about being prepared for the little moments, the things that make you smile, the ability to stay in the home that you love and want to be with, the ability to provide care.
It's about building capacity to live your best life.
And Mel, I want everyone to give themselves a break.
And what I mean by that is that not being prepared for old age is not an indictment.
It's not like, oh my God, I didn't do my plan.
Old age is quite new in the context that we're living, how long we're living, the expectations, multiple generations alive at the same time.
If you're caring for a loved one today, if you're aging or you're planning to age, this is an entirely new world without a map.
I want you to think about aging as an amazing gift of time.
So, I want you to imagine zero, birth, to 21 years old.
Let's just make it easy for a lot of people, drinking age.
From zero to 21...
is about 8,000 days.
You know, be generous with the math, but it's about 8,000 days.
From 21 to midlife crisis, classically 46, 47 years old, 8,000 days.
And from 46 to 47 to that Newtonian law of physics of retirement, 65.
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