Play, learn, work, retire—those are the four stages of what Mauro Guillén calls the sequential mode of life. In his new book, The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society, he proposes a new story for moving through life. It's a story that actually reflects the facts on the ground—rather than our grandparents' idea of what life was supposed to look like. 

In this episode, I talk with Guillén about his research and his vision for how life, learning, and work could be different. 

Footnotes:

• The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society by Mauro Guillén
• Find out more about Mauro Guillén

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