【014】How societies can grow old

Speaker: Jared Diamond

Key words:old people society value

Abstract: Jared Diamond谈论了老人如何在现代社会中发挥价值。

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How society treat the old depend on two aspects:

1. the value of old people
   • traditional society: food supply/take care of offsprings/ make tools/provide knowledge
   • modern society: no longer
2. society culture
   • eg1: Filial Piety Culture
   • eg2: discrimination against the olds in US

What can the old do:

1. offer childcare
2. take use of their unique experience of living conditions that youngers do not have
3. focus on their skills that require time accumulation

Link: TED