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The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Dr. Robert N. Butler
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 23675
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.2 x 1.8
ISBN: 1586485539
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.68
EAN: 9781586485535
ASIN: 1586485539
Publication Date: March 3, 2008
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Product Description
Pulitzer-prize winning author Dr. Robert Butler coined the term "ageism" and made "Alzheimer's" a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge and experience in aging issues to a recent and unprecedented achievement: the extension of human life expectancy by thirty years. As Butler shows, our society had not yet adapted to this change. The U.S. has not made a research investment in aging. Only eleven medical schools out of 145 have geriatrics departments compared to England where geriatrics is the number two specialty. We have not solidified private pension plans or strengthened Social Security to ensure that people do not outlive their resources. In this urgent and ultimately optimistic book, Dr. Butler shows why and how we must re-examine our personal and societal approach to aging right now, so that the boomers and the generations that follow may have a financially secure, vigorous, and healthy final chapter life.
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 more politics than enlightenment September 1, 2008
I was looking forward to reading this book, after glancing at the cover. I expected a thorough review of cutting edge biotechnology advances, and a thoughtful discussion of what society will look like in the coming decades as our society ages.
There was a little of that, but far too little. A lot of the book was eye-glazing dull facts that have little to do with the "longevity revolution"...the author veers into discussions of childhood obesity and the history of urbanization, among many other things.
The worst part about this book, though, was its blatant political tilt. The author embraces European-style socialism. Rarely a page goes by where he is not advocating a larger welfare state, more nanny state programs, more regulation, more government meddling of every kind. One could easily get the impression that the purpose of this book isn't to inform the reader, but rather to persuade the reader to vote for politicians who agree with the author.
Just flip forward to pages 318-320, where the author lists his preferred "political activist agenda for aging and longevity". Every one of these proposals, without exception, would increase the size and power of government. That's what this book is all about. If you want to learn fascinating facts about the promise of biotech, look elsewhere...there are plenty of books that can deliver that, without haranguing you with demands that your freedom be curtailed and your taxes raised.
 The Quintessential Study on Longevity April 6, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Robert Butler is THE most prestigious and vocal advocate on aging in the world. His contributions to gerontology are without comparison. Now he has written an academic book on longevity that contributes to the subject and informs the reader of studies, status of the subject, and data that has not been available prior to this publication. His unique and professional opinions are invaluable and provide the curious as well as the professional with material that is new as well as important. This is a major contribution to the understanding of longevity in a relatively sparse field.
A brilliant and masterful work" March 7, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Dr. Bob Butler's Longevity Revolution is truly a masterful piece of work. No individual has done more, here in the US - or throughout the world - to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities, the fears and hopes of our longer lives. Serving as both physician and philosopher, Dr. Butler brilliantly charts the landcape of an increasingly longer-lived 21st century.
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