Current Thoughts: the age gap
You’ve heard of the wage gap. But what’s coming next is even more consequential: the age gap.
Major causes of mortality — heart disease, cancer, neurodegeneration — are all rising. Comorbidities like obesity and diabetes are accelerating alongside them. It’s not just that Americans are less healthy — it’s that a growing share are significantly less healthy, and dying earlier because of it.
But here’s the paradox: at the very same time, we know more about health than ever before. We understand how sleep, nutrition, exercise, and mental health compound over a lifetime. We have tools previous generations couldn’t imagine — wearables, supplements, advanced training protocols, recovery tech, and entire communities centered around health optimization.
That means the future won’t see people a little healthier than before. We’ll see people dramatically healthier — with long lifespans and quality in those years.
The result? A widening divide. One group will live shorter lives burdened by poor health. Another will live longer, stronger, and sharper than any generation before.
The question isn’t whether the gap will exist. It’s which side of it you’ll be on.
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Have a great week!
David