AGE WHY WOULD THIS BE IMPORTANT?.  SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING, AGE IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THE EARTH ROTATES AROUND THE SUN BEFORE YOU DIE.

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AGE WHY WOULD THIS BE IMPORTANT?

 SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING, AGE IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THE EARTH ROTATES AROUND THE SUN BEFORE YOU DIE. BUT OF COURSE, AGE IS MORE THEN THAT…

 AGE IS POWER!!! WHO HAS THE POLITICAL POWER IN OUR SOCIETY? WHO HAS THE ECONOMIC POWER IN OUR SOCIETY? WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE? WHO HAS PERMISSION TO LEGALLY GAMBLE? WHO HAS THE PRIVILEGE TO DRIVE? WHO MAKES UP THE PROFESSIONAL CLASS? WHO DO ADVERTISERS TARGET?

UNDER 18 AND OVER 65 HAVE REDUCED OR LIMITED POWER IN OUR SOCIETY. AGEISM – THE BELIEF THAT ONE AGE CATEGORY IS BY NATURE SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER AGE CATEGORY. USUALLY DIRECTED AGAINST THE ELDERLY.

U.S. AGE DISTRIBUTION

HISTORICAL US TRENDS FROM 1950

 THE POPULATION IN THE US IS AGEING. SPECIFICALLY THE BABY BOOMERS (BABIES BORN AFTER WWII)  WITH MEDICINE IMPROVING, THESE PEOPLE WILL LIVE LONGER THEN EVER.  WANT A RECESSION-PROOF JOB?  NURSING HOME  GERIATRICS  ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO LIVE? THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGY IS HERE OR COMING: CYBERNETICS - EXOSKELETON CLONING GENE THERAPY AND DNA MANIPULATION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL REALITY NANO-TECHNOLOGY SINGULARITY

 MY PREDICATION IS THAT MOST OF YOU WILL LIVE TO ABOUT AGE 130  SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?