Dare to Be 100: 99 Steps to a Long, Healthy Life, by Dr. Walter M. Bortz II

Dare to Be 100: 99 Steps to a Long, Healthy Life Dare to Be 100. In 1995 the first of 75 million baby boomers turned fifty. We know this much. What we don't know is, beginning in 2045, how many of them will turn 100. Two principal credentials will have to be presented if most are to make it -- guts and smarts. Smarts is the accumulation and use of the cascade of new knowledge that provides the when, what, and how to aim for 100. Our current era is the first in which sufficient knowledge has been accumulated to provide sound answers to these basic questions concerning human life. Having smarts affects each part of your life -- the biological, psychological, and social. It affects you individually and collectively as a member of the larger community. It is one of the two basic ingredients of living to be 100.

Dare to Be 100: 99 Steps to a Long, Healthy Life, by Dr. Walter Bortz II