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Why do we create negative myths about old age?

Why do we create negative myths about old age?

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Clark Boyd
Aug 25, 2019
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In essence, it is the majority of the population - in China as elsewhere - that creates the restrictive myths around old age.

The dominant narrative needs to change, just as the reality of "getting older" has changed so dramatically over the past few decades.

One core challenge is that we typically have young people designing products for older people, i…

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