Americans strongly believe (with some justification) that “time” and “money” are tangible things. There are, after all, 24 hours in a day and a hundred cents in every dollar. Common sense tells us that time and money are real things, tangible and largely unchangeable.
In fact, “time” and “money” are, more than anything else, cultural constructs.
Continue ReadingAs many of you know, I am hard at work on a new book. The Tribes of Eden is out in the world and we will be doing some pretty fun stuff to get the word out about that book but…
I also have to think about the next book. As part of that effort, I thought I might sketch out the key ideas in the new book just to see if I can express them clearly.
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The aging of the post-war generation is not a surprise. For decades pundits have warned of a coming intergenerational conflict pitting the needs of aging boomers against younger generations. I was just interviewed on the “Politics of Aging” in regards to my upcoming participation in a panel discussion on the same topic at the Poetics […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Blog Roundup Watch My TEDx Talk – Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age My TEDx talk “Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age” has been posted to YouTube and I’m excited to share it with the ChangingAging Blogstream. A Big Week From speaking at TEDx San Francisco to meeting […]
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As ChangingAging readers know, I’m working on a nonfiction book that explores aging in America through the cultural lens of the Post-War Generation. The concept for — “The Second Crucible,” — will also be a major theme in my upcoming TEDxSF talk.
Continue ReadingThis is the second in a series of posts on some new ideas I am working on. The paragraphs below begin to introduce the concept of the crucible as an instrument of social change. For most people most of the time, private problems remain private and public issues remain public. Sometimes, however, a society encounters […]
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