But it all begins with the numbers the now impossible-to-ignore fact that we live longer.
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That's great, but there's not enough money in the pot to keep paying pensions as we live longer.
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Is it something we notice simply because we live longer and aren't dying of something else earlier in life?
People realize we live longer and increasingly work in jobs that allow us to use our knowledge more than our muscles.
The fact is we live longer, we are active longer, and as we all know, healthcare costs are only going to go up.
The reason the early forecasters were wrong to think the costs would go down is that as we live longer there are more (and usually more expensive) illnesses to be treated.
Sure, we might live longer, sure we might end up being less of a burden on society, but at what price?
We may live longer but many bodies are broken well before current retirement age, and their owners have nothing else to offer the workplace.
We now live longer, happier, healthier lives, are vastly less likely to die a violent death or to face persecution for our religious beliefs, skin color or sexual orientation.
The National Health Service is still with us, but now there is a lot of argument about how it will be paid for, as we all live longer and money is tighter, but nobody from any political party would dare to talk about scrapping it.
The third way recognises that we no longer live in a bi-polar world and realises that states no longer face enemies, only dangers.
We no longer live in the days of guaranteed employment with a big company in return for loyalty.
We no longer live in a world where consumers are content owning expensive, dedicated headphones for a single console.
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We no longer live in a world where New Musical Express and Rolling Stone codify the new sounds and new styles into neat definitions like punk and New Romantic for the kids to fix their tribal allegiances.
No one wants to be dependent on others for care in their later years, but the longer we live, the greater the chance of having decreased physical or mental abilities that will require assistance.
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No longer do we live in a world where getting something personalized for the holidays means a monogrammed handkerchief.
Often, the truth is stretched, and many of us are easily persuaded that we can lose weight or live longer by swallowing pills or nibbling on herbs.
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In the future, as people live longer, we can't afford good pensions and help for disabled people who can't work, with 4 million people on benefit, many of whom could work.
Interactive health is about making health knowledge, supportive care, and motivation available to us, anytime and anywhere, so that we can integrate this wisdom into our daily actions to live longer, healthier, happier lives.
But for a little while longer we want them to be able to live in a world where those towers are still standing, where a blue September sky doesn't send a chill down your back and where the scariest thing they have to worry about is the big, noisy dog next door.
We built too many homes in locations people no longer want to live.
We can ill afford devoting finite resources toward building where people no longer wish to live.
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With life spans now being longer than ever, it's even more important that we try to live as well as possible.
"We don't live in peace with you any more, which means the covenant of security no longer exists, " he said.
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