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“Science is, rightly, searching for drugs to arrest ageing or to slow the advance of dementia. But the evidence suggests that many of the most powerful factors determining how you age come from what you do, and what you do with others: whether you work, whether you play music, whether you have regular visitors.”

Quote by Geoff Mulgan

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Geoff Mulgan is a British writer born in 1961. His works cover a range of fields including politics, society, and philosophy, and are known for their profound insights and unique writing style. more

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