Modernization did not demote the elderly. It demoted the fa… - Atul Gawande

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Modernization did not demote the elderly. It demoted the family. It gave people — the young and the old — a way of life with more liberty and control, including the liberty to be less beholden to other generations. The veneration of elders may be gone, but not because it has been replaced by veneration of youth. It’s been replaced by veneration of the independent self. * * *

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Modernization did not demote the elderly. It demoted the family.

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