Preface -- Introduction -- What is the longevity revolution? -- Challenges -- The new longevity is the biggest challenge -- greedy geezer" : the manufactured clash of the generations -- Ageism : another form of bigotry -- The changing family and longevity -- The disorders of longevity -- Science -- Human interest in longevity : the power of research -- Alzheimer's : the epidemic of the twenty-first century -- The "biology of extended time" : evolution and longevity -- Cycles, clocks, and power plants : longevity science and aging research -- Solutions -- Toward a prescription for longevity and quality of life : health promotion and disease prevention -- Redesigning health care for an older America -- Live longer, work longer: productive engagement -- Social Security : self-responsibility, and the state -- The private sector : providence and risk-- the role of the marketplace -- The politics of aging and longevity -- Population solutions to longevity : transition to stable populations -- Cautions -- Worldwide democratization of longevity : overcoming famine, war, and pestilence -- Threats to longevity : could we lose the longevity revolution? -- Imagining longevity -- The good life : quality of life in the era of longevity -- Imagining longevity : challenges of the future -- Appendix : Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the author.
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