"You've just gained thirty, fourty years of longer life and you're just sitting there!"

Joe Coughlin from the MIT Age Lab explains why our increasing life expectancy necessitates the development of empathetic technologies that help young designers create products and experiences that will improve the quality of our longer lives.

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