Helsinki-Conference on Gerontechnology

Twice as many years as our ancestors: and the concept of a life plan

Keynote address by Arthur E. Imhof


To put the increasing amount of leisure time on the stomach signifies to invest it mainly in bodily activities and pleasures. Bodily activities and pleasures are not wrong in themselves, but should not be pursued exclusively!

Source: CD-ROM Historical Demography (1995), Fig. 94.