William J. Kole
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William J. Kole

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I'm William J. Kole, a veteran reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent, and the author of THE BIG 100: The New World of Super-Aging. THE BIG 100 (Oct. 2023, Diversion Books) is an exploration of extreme longevity. We're all hurtling into a new era of super-aging, and demographers forecast that the number of people living to 100 -- or in some cases well beyond -- will increase eightfold by 2050. Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the population. It’s going to upend everything we thought we knew about retirement, personal finance, health care, and politics. Whether we’re 18 or 81, this tectonic demographic shift will affect us all. And worryingly, we’re not even close to being prepared. I was literally wired for this work: My grandmother was born in 1899 and died in 2003, just shy of her 104th birthday, after a life that touched parts of three centuries. And while based in Paris for The Associated Press, I told the world about Jeanne Calment, the oldest person who ever lived whose age can be authenticated by records. She made it to 122. Who knows? Maybe you’ll be next.
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