Is longevity the ultimate luxury? Jan Gerber weighs in – Kessel

Is the pursuit of a longer life becoming a health risk in itself? In a recent feature in Kessel that explores how longevity has become luxury’s newest frontier, our CEO shares his unfiltered perspective on the matter.

Drawing on his clinical work at Paracelsus Recovery, Jan discusses “longevity fixation syndrome”, a term he coined to describe the point where the desire to live longer morphs into into an anxiety that runs someone’s entire life, fueled by data overload, an industry that never stops pushing optimisation, and high achievers channeling their need for control into health. His conclusion doesn’t sugar coat it: a longer life isn’t automatically a better one, and there’s no real longevity without mental health.

Read the full piece translated into English here and the original in French here.