The Century Summit
February 16, 2025
Every year Stanford University’s Longevity Project holds a conference of leaders in the field of aging that is available to all on Zoom. I admit that I didn’t watch every day, but below are my important takeaways.
- Ageism is not just directed to older people, but can occur at all ages.
- Some progress is being made in bringing diverse ages together for the benefit of all, but we have a long way to go.
- Solutions? Focus on things that bring the generations together. Perhaps easier said than done, but efforts are being made.
This conference offers hope for a future with less ageism. We’re not going to solve this quickly, but it’s good to know that
People are working on it.
As an 88-year old who is active in an ILR with friends who are a generation younger, I’ve noticed that many people are influenced by what was current thinking when they were a few years either side of twenty. The ‘sixties generation is still more progressive politically than those who either a decade older or a decade younger.
Posted by: Eva Arnott | February 16, 2025 at 04:11 PM