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103 David Cravit and Larry Wolf. Default-Ager or Super-Ager. Which are You?

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Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
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May 22, 2026
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Summary

FlashBack Friday THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on super aging - how to help transform longer lifespan into longer healthspan via 7 A Pillars of longevity. Today's Featured Experts are David Cravit and Larry Wolf, co-authors of " SuperAging: Getting Older Without Getting Old - A Boomers Guide to living well after 65. We discuss the 7 A's of the Pillars of Superaging, how default aging has been the - well- default, for past generations and continues to be for many today. And how social, cultural, political, and economic forces oppose living younger longer. Episode Timeline 0:11 Introduction to SuperAging 4:04 How did the idea for the book come about? 8:19 Defining default-aging and super-aging, and the forces underlying them 14:11 The 7 A Pillars of Super Aging. 20:10 Attitude and awareness: the two core pillars 27:47 Pillars 3 to 7 of SuperAging ( Accomplishment, Achievement, Autonomy, Attachment, Avoidance) 30:50 Social, cultural, political, and economic drivers that oppose super aging. 33:34 Insidious issues about superaging: ageism, economic fears 38:50 An independent individual needs to take responsibility for their own lives. 45:57 How to make sense of the tsunami of information and misinformation flooding our media platforms 50: 53 Larry and David's takeaways from today's episode. Speaker Bios: David Cravit earned his BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of Toronto. He is author of two previous books on the subject of aging. The New Old," which described how the Baby Boomers are reinventing aging, and "Beyond Age Rage," which examined the so-called "war of the generations" . David is an executive at ZoomerMedia, the only media company in Canada specializing in covering the "older" market. He is also a member of the Board…