6 Simple Rules for a Long, Healthy Life w/ Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel

Loneliness is an epidemic. Our former surgeon general wrote a whole treatise on it. It's like smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. I read one of the books on wellness and it made me pissed off beyond belief. Part of what bothered me about a lot of these wellness books is the sort of narcissism of them.

You know, it's about me living a long time. If you want to both be healthy and live a long and happy life, it's about purpose engaging with other people and engaging your mind. The people who are talking about wellness today and longevity and pursuing it obsessively, it consumes their life. It's the total focus and that's not good for the body.

Ezekiel Emanuel, MD PhD, is the vice provost for global incentives and the Diane S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a leading oncologist, bioethicist, and health policy expert. He's a key architect of the Affordable Care Act and he authored over 350 publications and 15 books and he advises the World Health Organization and he frequently contributes to major media outlets on health and policy issues.

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