Living to 120 and working to 90 / Channel 10’s The Project
The crew from Channel 10’s The Project reached out this evening, ahead of a keynote I’m delivering in Adelaide on the weekend on Living to 120 and working into our 90’s and asked if I could take them on a tour of tomorrow in search of what a world where we all have the potential to live to beyond 100 might look like.
Along the way, we explored a tomorrow in which we routinely live to 100 and beyond; asked what jobs if any we might be doing (including my belief that there will be no jobs, as we know them); how we could possibly work until we’re 90; how we might be living; what our homes might look like; how can our superannuation and pensions cope with this new reality; what we need to do now to get ready and what else will be important to our future selves.
Incredible segment, take a look now and then share your hopes, dreams and visions for life in 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is driving the longevity revolution?
Convergence across multiple scientific domains simultaneously: genomics identifying the biological mechanisms of ageing; regenerative medicine developing interventions to slow or reverse them; AI accelerating drug discovery at a scale previously impossible. The convergence is what makes this qualitatively different from previous life-extension claims.
Q: What systems are most unprepared for longer lives?
Superannuation and pension systems, aged care funding, health insurance, the architecture of career progression, and the social norms around when people should work, retire, and hand over authority to younger generations. These systems were all designed around 20th-century mortality assumptions.
Q: What is the psychological impact of the prospect of living much longer?
Significant and complex. For some people, extended life is an opportunity. For others, it generates anxiety — particularly about health, finances, and purpose in later decades. The social infrastructure to support good long lives is not keeping pace with the biology.
Q: Can Morris Misel speak about longevity, ageing, and future-proofing social systems?
Yes. For keynotes on longevity and the redesign of work and social systems, visit morrismisel.com/event-organisers.
The crew from Channel 10’s The Project reached out this evening, ahead of a keynote I’m delivering in Adelaide on the weekend on Living to 120 and working into our 90’s and asked if I could take them on a tour of tomorrow in search of what a world where we all have the potential .
The shift around Living to 120 and working to 90 / Channel 10’s The is not purely structural. It changes what capabilities organisations value, how people find meaning in their roles, and what conditions make good work possible. Leaders who understand this early retain the talent they need and build cultures that attract it.
The most important question is not whether Living to 120 and working to 90 / Channel 10’s The will matter, but how quickly it will matter in your specific context. Leaders benefit most from mapping the ripple effects early — not just the direct impact but the second and third-order consequences that arrive later and hit harder. That is the practical work of foresight.
