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Still, people age very differently. Some octogenarians are completing triathlons. Medicine also seems likely to increase longevity. Think of the many who throu
by malloryerik 2y ago
Still, people age very differently. Some octogenarians are completing triathlons. Medicine also seems likely to increase longevity.
Think of the many who through their 80s were cogent, even masterful. Examples include Warren Buffett, John Searle, Hubert Dreyfus, George Soros, Henry Kissinger, Clint Eastwood, and with women it’s probably even more common, and we can look to Nancy Pelosi, or indeed my own grandmother. Whatever memory slowdown there may be is compensated for by depth of experience.
Then there are those who lose it in their sixties.
In many ways it seems that ageism is one of the last acceptable prejudices.
In Biden’s case, I was struck by the difference in him before and after his son Beau’s death. It seemed like he never recovered. Charisma gone. Eyes turned beady and body stiff. Despite that he was an active and successful president (should be admitted no matter one’s politics), though unpopular.
- tcmart14 2y agoYea people do. Some of the more recent interviews with Jimmy Carter is a good example. Recent as in pre his wife passing away. I havn't seen any interviews of him since then, so I am not sure if he is declining. It is often that in a long marriage, when one partner dies, the others start slipping. But the ones before, he was in his upper 90s and outside of the fact that me may not move particularly fast, he was (still is?) still sharp as a whip.
- manuelmoreale 2y agoI’m gonna add another one to your list: Hubie Brown https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubie_Brown https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubie_Brown The guy’s in his 90s and still does broadcasting for the NBA and is as sharp as you can be. You’d never suspect he’s a person in his 90s while listening to it.
- AlchemistCamp 2y agoBuffet’s been doing multi-hour shareholder meetings in his 90s, and at a high level.