Are We Living Too Long?

The actuaries will not save us.

Paul Coogan
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readDec 30, 2023

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A man in a dark room stands in silhouette at a window
Photo by Sasha Freemind on Unsplash

“You should call your mother.” It’s a phrase you expect to hear in college and maybe in the early years of raising a new family. But there came a point I thought if someone wanted to talk to me, they could call. Or email. Or text. Or even send a fax. The idea that as I approach the age of retirement I should have a responsibility to initiate a conversation with anyone…

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Paul Coogan
ILLUMINATION

(he/him/his) Project Manager, Artist, and Data Visualization/Activist Geek