The Wisdom YearsWe are now experiencing one of the most significant but not yet fully understood revolutions in human life: the dramatic rise in life expectancy. This revolution does not imply, as most people usually think, that weve simply got more years of old age. Rather, it implies the formation of a new period in human life: the Age of Wisdom. This age is qualitatively different from the adulthood that precedes it and the old age that follows. People who are