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9 responses to “Open Thread Update: Are We the 2030 Problem?”

1. I think about how much history I’ve lived through, and how I learned about the Great Depression, and World War II , not just from school but from what my parents related to me about growing up then. I have tried to share that with my own children and before I retired as a teacher with my students. We are not all RGB, but we have been a part of history from the Cuban Missle Crisis to Covid-19. Yet I see what my Millennial children have to deal with, 9/11, the Great Recession, Covid-19, Global Warming, under-employment, and college debt.

   Reply to Laurie J Greenwald

2. Hello. There’s a gen/gen event sponsored by Senior Planet coming up. “Lives Well Lived”…younger folks sharing knowledge, questions with older.
   Hey! We’re not dead. How about, “Living Well Lived Lives” …

   Reply to Belinda K. Reed

   1. Hi Belinda- Thank you for the feedback! We’re passing it on to our programming team.

      Reply to Senior Planet

3. Currently, in the national news, the two most well-regarded and trusted are Ruth Badger Ginsburg and Anthony Fauci. Let’s think on how old these founts of wisdom are…hmmm. Seems to me that the evidence of our viability, knowledge and usefulness is readily apparent. If those wanting to hurry us off the stage would only take a moment and reflect.

   Reply to SJF

4. I work at a Senior Center and recently it was my immense pleasure to help a 101 year old woman learn to Zoom, on her iPhone 7. She got it in no time and even corrected the password that her son had written down incorrectly. My wish for a culture change is that people 70 or older are not treated like has-beens or drains on society. But as people who have a lifetime of knowledge and can make a valuable contribution.

   Reply to Ellie Gillespie

   1. I agree! i am 61 physically, but my mind is still telling me I am 40!!!! I don’t like being treated like my mind and abilities are no longer functioning and that I am no longer viable for anything. I had a 32 year career in city government. I taught yoga as my retirement activity. That has stopped due to Covid and my feeling of being inadequate is now heightened as a result. I know, that’s on me, not society.

      I am thankful for my older friends! They have lovingly shared their experiences with me as I have entered my 60’s. I take their recommendations seriously. They know what I am going through and are helping me navigate this phase.

      Reply to Carrie Abts

   2. Thank you Ellie! The animosity I undergo from “young un’s” in their 20s -30s and even 40s occasionally simply due to my being 60-something always catches me unprepared and exasperated. I always enjoyed and value still the wisdom those with a broader sense of history and first hand experience imparted. While wisdom and age are not synonymous, I believe wisdom regardless of source, is sadly unrecognized and under valued in current culture.

      Reply to Markos Richards

5. I’m with you, Virge. It’s no different in Canada. I am tired of seeing my daughters’ age bracket dominate the media. Is there a way that we could constructively work with outlets including major companies to help them attract and retain more of us?

   Reply to Cheryl

   1. Employ us as a tool for mentoring nubbies in many of the fields we’ve excelled in for years. We can accelerate the learning curve of newer employees and then let them fly with the skills that took us years to acquire.

      Reply to Beatrice