All too often "keep up their skils" is code for "learn what I think is important" and says more about the speaker's (in)ability to know what's important than ab

All too often "keep up their skils" is code for "learn what I think is important" and says more about the speaker's (in)ability to know what's important than about actual skill. That's how ageism creeps in - not intentionally but through lack of awareness of one's own bias.