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It's well established that most mental and physical faculties degrade with age. For some people less so than others, and AFAICT moreso if one keeps exercising
by TheCapeGreek 3y ago
It's well established that most mental and physical faculties degrade with age.
For some people less so than others, and AFAICT moreso if one keeps exercising and maintaining good health in general.
In some countries past a certain age you need to re-test for driving licences every few years. It would make sense to do the same for other areas, I think.
- kbelder 3y agoAnd yet, somehow, the thought of being ruled by mostly young people is even more nightmarish than the gerontocracy we currently have.
- Lord-Jobo 3y agoDefine 'young'. Under 70? Who gives a crap. Under 25? Yeah that's a problem, obviously.
- krapp 3y agoHow so? Young people aren't still seeing the world in terms of Cold War imperialist atomic dick-swinging contests and appeasing the wrath of the Old Testament God. Young people don't see technology more recent than the rotary telephone as weird and scary. Young people aren't still wrapping their head around women being able to vote, black people walking in the front door or gays... existing. Perhaps someone who's spent more than half of their life living in the pre-internet world and likely is confused and infuriated by everything that's happened in the world after their adolescence can't comprehend the reality of modernity well enough to have an informed say in the future. They probably still read the New York Times and think it matters. They say progress only happens one funeral at a time, but these old bastards and their regressive ideas aren't dying fast enough.
- Klonoar 3y agoNobody is saying that a 25-30 year old is what’s needed. Give us people in their 40s and we would probably be better off.