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The Most Influential 80-Plus-Year-Olds in America
- AlexandrB 6y agoI burst into laughter when I hit #1. This article is surely long-form satire.
- bboy13 6y agoI'm honestly impressed with all Fauci has done with the limitations he's working with. Transmissibility wasn't super well known early on and people were fear-hoarding everything, to include N95 masks from what I've seen -- I've seen that cited as the main "failure" on his part. Following the science and supply/demand means adapting to the situation -- I don't see too much wrong with that. Certainly far better than dying on one or another hills, but that's just my/our perspective from what we're seeing here. :))))
- samirillian 6y agoWhen a confused and anxious Fauci had no real leader to look to, he told Americans not to wear masks.
- sveng 6y agoWhen he addressed this first (early March) there weren’t enough masks for HCWs. It was superseded by a CDC directive in early April. [1] [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-fauci-outdated-video-masks-idUSKBN26T2TR https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-fauci-outdated-...
- samirillian 6y agoYou think he did better than an average scientist would've? Name a thing he did other than provide unquantifiable "leadership."
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- rayiner 6y ago> Jane Fonda, 83 Actor and activist > The Academy Award–winning actress and fitness guru has been a serious and effective activist since 1970 > Pat Buchanan, 82 Political commentator > It was easy to take Pat Buchanan for a loser—the Nixon lackey, the serially failed presidential candidate, the blowhard whose “culture war” convention speech embarrassed George H.W. Bush, the cable TV commentator who gradually pushed himself to the margins with white nationalist and anti-Semitic remarks. I know Slate doesn’t claim to be journalism, but...
- rvz 6y agoI doubt any twenty-something can even remember the names and occupations of this list of prehistoric creatures in this article.
- davio 6y agoWhere's Warren Buffett?
- afterwalk 6y agoIn the 21-80 section
- manuelabeledo 6y agoEven if you don't agree with the list, to think that the lives of the majority of Americans could be in the hands of people who are disconnected from them, both economically and generationally, is frightening. The average US senator is 61 years old. The average congressman is 58 years old. And the median net worth on both branches is $500,000.
- Retric 6y agoA median net worth for ~60 year old professionals of 500,000$ isn’t that far from the US average. That’s well outside the top 1%. It would be interesting to see how they compare to say accounts. What I find interesting is the congressional pension is generally their largest source of income in retirement.
- dfxm12 6y agoThis article [0] suggest that the median net worth of a 60 year old to be $187,300. I'm not sure why you're limiting your number to professionals. There's a lot of room between the top 1% and the majority of Americans, so even those "well outside" the top 1% are still likely to be economically disconnected from the majority of Americans. 0 - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-your-net-worth-and-how-do-you-compare-to-others-2018-09-24 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-your-net-worth-and-h...
- Retric 6y agoCongress is paid $174,000 per year which hasn’t increased since 2009 and was worth more back then. That’s a much larger difference than the amount of savings they have. Anyway, 95 percent of today’s House members and 100 percent of the Senate’s have a bachelor’s degree or higher. 1/2 have a law degree and they include several doctors etc. So, based on their current salary and likely professional background having 500k vs 300k of savings actually seems kind of low IMO. I mean running for congress takes more drive than the average person, so presumably higher net worth should be expected. By comparison the net worth of the top 1% for all 60 year olds, collage education or not is over 4 million.
- Cactus2018 6y agoMissing from this list, #21, my octogenarian neighbor - a prolific and influential internet commenter. If you read the top user comments on major news and journal sites, odds are you've read one of his comments. To bring this full circle - his own 'most influential' aspects are Bertrand Russell, alzheimer's, and vodka.
- aazaa 6y agoVery surprised to see no Warren Buffett (90).
- heratyian 6y agoCharlie Munger too. The Berkshire annual shareholder meeting is the "state of the union" for investors.
- diego_moita 6y agoJohnn Goodenough - created the Lithium-ion battery. Without it there would be not smartphone/mobile revolution and it's cultural impact. Dr. Goodenough is researching new batteries with much higher energy density, lower environmental impact and cheaper. If he succeeds we'll have long range electric trucks, airplanes, ships and cars.
- billfruit 6y agoNot exactly related, Herman Wouk, writer of famous novels in the 1950s mostly about the 2nd world war, passed only late last year, he was 103.