I stopped trying to keep up with all of Aubrey’s media apperances a couple months ago, but I’m delighted to see reporters beginnging to get serious enough about the topic of longevity to connect it to the “pensions crisis,” which is just perfect given Olshansky et al’s about face on the need for anti-aging to secure the “longevity dividend.” Here’s how it comes up in Aubrey’s latest media appearance in The Guardian:

As for the “pensions time bomb”, De Grey argues that since he is talking of extending active life, not frailty, people will be able to continue working far longer - in fact, they will be able to retire for a while, then enter a new career. Society is burdened by the frail, he says. In his brave new world, there will be no frailty, and so no burden.