Season 3, episode 9: a better age (part 1)

“Now there is this realization that time is finite.”

— Jim O’Brien, age 61

What if the best age is one we haven’t gotten to yet? Earlier this season we looked at the ups and downs of aging from the decades we’re in: the 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s. Today we hear from family members in the decades ahead of us: 50’s through 90’s. Their reflections had a surprising amount in common.

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Show notes:

• Jonathan Rauch’s book The Happiness Curve and brief excerpt about adolescence

• Abstract of Dr. David Blanchflower’s study confirming the happiness curve across the globe

• Dr. Margit Cox Henderson’s article, “the paradox of aging”

• Your Brain is Not For Thinking, NYT story by neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett

• The World Health Organization on Ageism

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• Episode transcript

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