One of the few advantages of getting older is that, if you keep up with what’s going on in the world, you can know most of the things younger people know, plus heaps of stuff they never will.
I posted those words, or some very like them, on social media a couple of days ago and they garnered a little attention — mostly approval from people of my vintage or older.
My theory is that an older person with all his or her marbles should be seen as an asset — to the workplace, to society, to the world in general — and their services ought to be greatly in demand.
But trying telling that to the untold numbers of people over 50 — even over 40 — who feel marginalised in a world that favours youth over all other things.
The adage goes that you can’t put an old head on young shoulders, but the modern reality is that people who actually know things are often regarded as a nuisance.
