00:00The tragedy of old age is not that we grow old and die.
00:05It's that the process of doing so has been made unnecessarily
00:11and at times excruciatingly painful and humiliating.
00:16Why?
00:19Because we've internalized the lie that aging is all decline.
00:24It isn't true and it fuels a billion-dollar fear-based anti-aging industry
00:31that frames old as bad and longevity as a competitive sport.
00:37If we, people who are lucky enough to be aging as well as serving aging humans,
00:45see and celebrate the strengths and contributions of older people
00:51rather than fall prey to the fantasy of never dying, not aging,
00:56we can tackle these daunting challenges that our nation is facing.
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