History will look back at our time and ask a simple question: How could humanity extend life so dramatically—yet fail to redesign the way we live accordingly?

We are going through one of the most profound transformations in human history. Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries. Digital platforms are reorganizing power. Entire sectors are being reinvented. Yet the most revolutionary development is neither technological nor geopolitical. It is demographic.

For the first time in the history of human civilization, a large share of humanity will live close to a century. Longevity is not merely a medical achievement. It is a structural shift in the human condition. And yet, we continue to organize life according to a model designed for a 70-year or shorter lifespan.

Education, career, retirement—that’s how we think about life. Three stages. Yet strides in longevity have made his model is obsolete.

In our rapidly changing world, we must recognize that intelligence is not only artificial;........

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