Intersection of Aging and Co-creation
Written by: Richard Caro. Posted: April 01, 2014.
Last month I gave a talk on co-creation and the future of aging at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. You can view the entire talk below. Hope you find it interesting.
This talk is about the intersection of several megatrends:
1. The rapid growth in the elderly in most countries over the coming decades;
2. The sad fact that society is ignoring a large talented pool of individuals who are 65 and older and have lots to contribute but who are all too often excluded from the workforce;
3. The rise of the crowd as a way to tackle societal challenges; and
4. The striking lack of high tech solutions to the many challenges of aging.
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