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AGETECH AEON #2 – Can Tech Care For Us?

Abby Bloom, Catherine Ball and I (along with Sally Dominguez) are heading back to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to see the latest innovations in ‘agetech’ – technologies that help restore ability and increase agency as we age. Is agetech “the” solution to the crisis in care, or is it, instead, kit that helps support us as we transition toward a culture where care is a central and valued activity?

Three great examples of agetech mentioned in the podcast:

Cadense – Grippy sneakers

Hapta – L’Oreal’s amazing tech that gives people with tremors the ability to apply makeup

The Skip – adds a spring in your step, literally!

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AGETECH AEON – Episode 1 – Abby Bloom and “The Cost of Not Caring”

Abby Bloom wants us to face an uncomfortable truth: we need a lot more space and time for care in our culture. A rapidly aging population – living twenty to thirty years longer than the generations preceding – means we’re going to have to rethink and redesign our lives, our work, and our whole civilisation, so we don’t disappear beneath a burden of care that no one can bear alone. How do we make that transition? Abby’s new book, The Cost of Not Caring, offers some suggestions. It’s the shadow looming over all our bright futures – and it’s front and centre on THE NEXT BILLION SECONDS.

Big thanks to the crew at SxSW Sydney for making this happen!