Longevity


Please watch the video, then answer the questions.


  1.  How do you rate this video?
  2. Why do you think men are more likely to die, at any age, than women?
  3. How many centenarians do you know?
  4. What is your impression of Villagrande?
  5. Why do you think more and more people are living a solitary life?
  6. Why is having good close relationships the second strongest predictor of a longer life?
  7. Why is social integration the strongest predictor of a longer life?
  8. Why are face to face communications better than digital ones?
  9. Why do you think that hearing someone speak, causes us to believe they are more intelligent, than reading something they wrote?
  10. Why are women more likely to prioritise their social activities than men.
Now please prepare a three minute talk about how we can improve social connections in the modern world.

Think of five questions to ask me about this video or it's theme.



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