Resistance to the government’s plan to push back the retirement age is not just about working longer. It springs from a deep sense of what defines France as a nation.
Tag: Longevity
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A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean?
Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan’s age-based hierarchies. Still, he has pushed the country’s hottest button.
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3 Steps to Age Exuberantly
An 86-year-old author has a few rules to live by even when the trials of getting older make it easy to complain.
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Sister André, World’s Oldest Known Person, Dies at 118
The French nun had lived through two world wars and the 1918 flu pandemic. She survived Covid and was said to enjoy a daily dose of wine and chocolate.