... there is a tension between ordinary, naturally-occuring human concerns and feelings that would accord a distinct and vital place for the old and the prevailing, financially self-interested and, ultimately, cruel cultural norms that would dismiss the old as irrelevant or a nuisance.
... this tension is heightened by the post-war boomer generation’s lack of an emotional and imaginative grip on the arc of life from birth to death. Again I am generalising but it is generalities that exert the most force in the broad cultural context.
Dave also sends along: Experience: I am a 91-year-old bodybuilder.
I understand where this guy is coming from. I take pretty good care of myself because I prefer being healthy. I have never wanted to look younger than I am, but I do want to look well for my age.
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