Despite advancements in science and medicine that have extended human life, we still use an age cutoff from a bygone era.
By 2060, one in four Americans will be over 65. This number is not new to us, but the manner in which we talk about ageing has been slow to catch up. – OthersI exercise regularly, drink water ... all of that. But the reality is the life expectancy of a United States resident is 76, so most of my sand has run out. And I'm good with it – although that whole Cologuard at-home colon screening was weird.
For one thing, we continue to define what it means to be old by outdated ideas of youth. US law accepts 18 as adult in part because of the politics surrounding the Vietnam draft. Modern research suggests most human brains take 25 years to fully develop. The 18-49 demographic, the one advertisers salivate over, also became fixed in our culture in the early 1970s, back when life expectancy in the US was under 60. By 2050, people over 50 will account for 61 cents of every US dollar spent.
The breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition that made this possible haven't just thrown off the math behind French pensions and the U.S. healthcare system. They have shifted the fulcrum that divides youth from old age. They have redefined what it means to be"middle age" by extending the length of life as a whole.
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