ChangingAging
A radical reinterpretation of longevity
ChangingAging is the brainchild of Bill Thomas, an American author, entrepreneur, musician, teacher, farmer and physician whose wide-ranging work explores the terrain of human aging. Best known for his health care system innovations, he is the founder of a global non-profit, The Eden Alternative, which works to improve the care provided to older people. His synthesis of imagination and action led the Wall Street Journal to highlight Bill Thomas as one of the nation’s “top ten innovators,” changing the future of retirement in America.
He has been traveling the USA since 2014, starring in what he calls his Age of Disruption Tour, a “nonfiction theater performance” that has played in over eighty cities. “People hear that a doctor is coming to town to talk about aging and they expect me to show up wearing a white coat with PowerPoint slides. I show up with a guitar, a bass player, a theater set, costumes, music, art, mythology, storytelling, biography, and neuroscience all mixed up. It’s kind of like a TED Talk on steroids.”
The ChangingAging website includes a regular blog by Bill Thomas and a group of selected contributors which covers a wide range of subjects from health to housing, loneliness to solidarity; it's an excellent way to keep in touch with radical developments in the field of aging research and activism. Join the 30k subscribers already following ChangingAging and get involved in the discussion!