So, telomere length as a measure of aging is something that keeps popping up from my lay-person perspective. It seems important to know about, and I have little

So, telomere length as a measure of aging is something that keeps popping up from my lay-person perspective. It seems important to know about, and I have little awareness of my lack of awareness, so, those of you who live and breathe telomere research.. could shed some light on my ignorance? - what "big-picture" information governs the "big-picture" processes? - critical details swept under the rug with my un-nuanced understanding of the hypothesis, (e.g. "telomeres do not shorten uniformly/monotonically/predictably")? - how does empirical research concerning telomeres compare to the state (or even future) of our understanding/control of aging?