old age

Ask young people what they think of old people. You can bet they will come up with a long list of adjectives, all negative. “Cranky, senile, grouchy, grumpy, frail, smelly, nagging, long-winded, useless, stubborn, unproductive, dictatorial, burdensome, …” You get the picture. But how did old people get to be this way? Why do they […]