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Lucinda Holdforth

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426 total appearances

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Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

It's when people are struggling, and I think there are a lot of women in particular, because our generation's had more divorce and so on.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

When we have people... Women had children later, so they are the sandwich generation.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

They're still working or trying to work.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

They've got children who need them.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

They probably have parents who need them as well.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

And they're expected to try and look great, all of which is an enormous burden.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

Actually, I don't really know what that means.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

And I watched an entire documentary, so nobody else needs to, with a man called Brian Johnston, who was this kind of hairless, bizarre figure.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

And he just seemed to be taking all these...

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

drugs of various kinds.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

He had a very strict vegan diet.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

He'd go to bed every night at 8.30.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

He exercised to the point of exhaustion.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

He had no social life.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

He was a multimillionaire and he wants to live forever.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

And the biohacking includes things they showed in the documentary, his son nearby, and it turned out the son was donating his youthful plasma to dad.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

You just couldn't make it up.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

That's vampiric.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

It is vampiric.

Conversations
Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

Yes, and the tech bros and the world dictators are the specialists in this arena.