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Jared Diamond, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, studies how traditional societies around the world treat the aging members of their tribes, and suggests that these cultures have much to teach us about the treatment of our elderly.

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Excellent, fascinating discussion of the range of possibilities of what life can be

markrussell

This Man is a Legend and should be a President ⭐️👍

RuffneckzThaChief

I can tell you of one useful skill the elderly should acquire in order to stay relevant/useful with the younger generations: Playing games. My grandfather was around 70 years old (grandma 20 years younger) when I started playing dominoes with him at age 12. I would visit my grandparents at least once a week just to get a game in & help them out from time to time. Furthermore, countless family members (incl my grandparent's nieces & nephews) would visit every week to spend time with them, & of course, get some games in. Even now my grandma is still highly competitive at 90 years old; she trash talks n all lol.

noturdaddyblameyomomma

For me Jared is second only to Darwin. His Guns, Germs and Steel have a wealth of information about Evolution of societies/civilization and environmental factors. In fact Jared co-relates Darwin's Evolution theory with Environment in a way, where at least I am forced to consider Jared's contribution to Evolution theory more than Darwin's....

srinivasvkumar

nice one Guns Germs Steel is a must read.

DaveAnandMaraj

so true and very interesting. I find that our young of today are far less skilled at life skilles because of the vast electronic devices avalable to them and that the young are akso iss equipped to care for their own young because of the lack of maturity. They are unable and some unwilling because of the need to provide financially fior their babies but also because of the inexperience of dealing with infants.We are a nation of headstrong, immature, ill equipped young persons who prefer to

LadyShyye

The romanticization of hunter gatherers is breathtaking.

analoguedragon

doesn't seem to be moving in a positive direction. We are constantly bombarded with hidden checmicals in our food and water supplies and the rate of illnesses and diseases are becoming more evident as the years go by. We can only hope the the newer generations realize the need for change and instruct the young accordinglky so that future generations will rise above what is left of this world we live in.

LadyShyye

somehow can relate with Indonesian societies

alisalsabila

act upon feelings and impulses without the slightess thought of consequences for out actions. The old are unable to properly help with their grands as they are often unhealthy, overwhelmed by many babies and unwilling to tackle a task that may have repurcussions. bad children who cause fires, attack and verbally abuse the elderly etc. the ongoing mental state of our citizens is also a problem to be dealt with. I feel sad at the way society has changed since "I" was a child and how it

LadyShyye

Every society offers each generation a time to change what they don't like. By not making those changes, each generation chooses to live within its rules. Sad, but comprimises have to be made. "C'est la vie".

DD

Tribes, cultures associated products in occult.

Megashovelman

Was looking forward to this, but he won't ever start. Hasn't started by 5 minutes into the speech!

Galfrid

the answers may differ depending on at what stage you consider a human a human. homoerectus and what not, i dont believe are considered not to be human. homo sapien and homo sapien sapien are the only 2 considered human i think.

bluexephos