Spring IEET Distance Learning Course on the Longevity Dividend

This Fall I (J. Hughes) taught a course - “Living Healthier and Longer: Opportunities and Challenges” - here at Trinity College on the effects of healthy aging on public policy, and the arguments for a Longevity Dividend/anti-aging research program. This Spring Dale C., Aubrey de G., Anne C., Kristi S. and I will be co-teaching this as a ten-week distance learning course through the IEET for a nominal fee (something like $100).

All the readings and AV materials will be available on the web.

The ten weeks of the course would be:

1. Longevity Dividend Overview
2. Demography of Aging
3. Biology of Aging
4. Bioethics of Longevity
5. Safety and Efficacy of Therapies
6. Economics of Longevity: Retirement Age and Social Security
7. Medicare and Health Insurance Reform
8. Disability and Aging
9. Immigration, Emigration and the Encouraging Baby-Making
10. Intergenerational Equity

Drop me a line if you would be interested in participating in such a course. We will set up a discussion forum and email list for it here on the ieet site, and there would be a weekly assignment to write an 600-1200 word blog/forum post on the theme of that week. The course won’t come with any formal credits at an accredited institution, but we will present you with a handsome certificate of completion acknowledging your superlativity and empowerment to transmit the Good News that longer healthy lives will save, and not destroy, civilization.