No. 79/April 9, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. What Should We Call Ourselves? “We need new words and a refreshed vocabulary for this emerging era of longevity,” says writer Avivah Wittenberg-Cox in a thoughtful essay about the […]
Photo by Oleg Ivanov for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. If you are carrying over credit card debt from month to month, take it as a warning sign: Your personal finances are sailing rough seas and in danger […]
Photo by Getty Images for Unsplash+ Lately I notice myself feeling more charitable towards people I usually find hard to take. Instead of being irritated by their rudeness, irrationality, or stupidity, I am inclined to offer them the benefit of the doubt. Apparently, it’s not just me. Social science researchers have found that it’s a […]
No. 78/March 26, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Need Advice? Ask a Grandma What looks like a lemonade stand in New York City in fact dispenses free wisdom and loving attention from a grandmother. Mike Matthews built […]
Photo by Monika Grabkowska on Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. A 25-pound hemisphere of flesh and fat has annexed itself to my midsection, and it is causing me problems. It makes it difficult for me to fasten my […]
Photo by Nigel Hoare for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Back in the 1970s, a young office mate who had just received his first paycheck was pissed off at seeing all the deductions that chipped away his already-minimal […]
No. 77/March 12, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Putting a Price on Healthcare Ageism Pervasive ageist bias and ageist assumptions can have a significant impact on the quality of care older adults receive. Studies by the Yale […]
Photo: Getty Images for Unsplash+ NOTE TO READERS: I did a bit of travel this week, leaving no time to draft a fresh post, but here is one from the archive. Enjoy! It’s widely acknowledged that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Good thing you’re not a dog. You, by contrast, possess a […]
Photo by Getty Images for Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I talk to scores of people about retirement. Some love it. Some hate it. Some find it vaguely unsettling. So I was not surprised by the results of […]
No. 76/February 26, 2025 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Climate Change Sparking Great Migrations Rising seas. Higher temperatures. Longer droughts. Larger wildfires. The impact of climate change is mounting, and the economic costs are starting to hit … […]
