Men of that age group are seeing their beloved 'old world' crumble and be replaced around them. I am one of the tail end of the old world types and I speculate

Men of that age group are seeing their beloved 'old world' crumble and be replaced around them. I am one of the tail end of the old world types and I speculate that it adds up after a while. It's odd going around town and seeing every landmark changed, all the mediums (film, newspapers and more) you loved be relegated to niche outlets. All the people that knew your world and spoke your cultural language are gone. Memories stacked on memories e.g. this street address used to be a shopping mall, that used to be where my high school sweetheart first kissed me. Add medical difficulty on top of that, family troubles and financial woes. Men used to run the world and they were finely tuned for it. You'd have to write a biography or book to get all that backed up change out of you. Millenials are going to feel this very acutely, I speculate.