MOMA QUESTIONS FOR NEW AGING: MY COMMENTS

MOMA QUESTIONS FOR NEW AGING:  MY COMMENTS

Some of the questions we will strive to answer in our next salon: What is the meaning of the demographic transformation

the world is undergoing? What are its social, psychological, aesthetic, and ethical implications? How does this global trend

force us to negotiate novel conceptions of intergenerational obligations, expectations for a well-lived life? Do we need a

philosophy of aging? Are we correct to be worrying about the world’s population aging? What is the role of art in all of this?

 What will be the impact of a demographic tectonic shift for world politics? What is the longevity economy? How does the

beauty industry exploit ageist myths and stereotypes? Are there countries in which it is easier to get old? How does the

pressure to stay young forever play out in different global contexts? How and where will we live as we age? What an

all-age-friendly world would look like? 

elders: are subject and object to others

universal law of entropy

age as an arch

human spirit evolves

older women largest demographic

we live 34 years longer than grandparents

aging .-violence-abuse-neglect

reflect on life/change relationship to the past

blue zone....OKINAWA JAPAN:   1. EAT YOUR VEGETABLES(BODY) 2.BE KIND TO PEOPLE(SPIRIT)                                                                           

3.HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK(MIND) 4. SMILE 

25% GENES/75%ENVIRONMENT