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As someone the same age as old people this is important

Politicians in UK mostly younger, they mess up early and leave the scene

Thank you NPR for continuing to show how irrelevant you have become.

oh most of us notice quite well when we get old.

💯💯💯💯

Trying to find a part time job at 62 and nothing. It's so depressing and demoralizing.

Interesting… Ageism can suck indeed. But I see it both ways. Fighting ageism can also be a refusal to acknowledge that we ARE indeed older. That’s what some of the views in this piece sound like.

Can we fix it? I don't believe it. They'll always find an excuse not to hire someone who is significantly older than the interviewers. I've eventually switched to contracting, because who can believe (or understand) a 70+ someone who can do stuff not worse than them. It's incurable.

thinking that the worst form of ageism is the impact on seeking employment. Being downsized in your 50-60’s is a steep climb. Settling for less than you feel capable of is par for the course, if you’re lucky enough to find that. Coaxing employers into bringing older workers onboard is a tough sell

theconversation.com/americas-lea...

Media coverage of both Biden and Trump? One is too old while other is so young and can’t have mental & physical decline. Fuck the media. Gasp of a dying industry of self absorbed individuals.

Taxism is more dangerous.

pickme,pick me

Says the same organization who joined the Biden is too old drumbeat.

I'd this a Biden Apologist article..?

Biden was too old the FIRST time he ran.

first contact data, all subsequent study of Egalitarian cultures shows no examples of generation gaps. Generation Gaps: weapons of social division, exploited by marketing, by religious and political grooming operations. A healthy human culture is solidarity. We're a long way from that good health.

Weird timing for this story just as both parties are getting—rightly—lambasted for leaving the levers of power in the trembling and liver-spotted hands of the #FossilCaucus.

I feel very seen; it’s annoying to be diminished as you get older. Corporate dismissiveness is twice as bad. I’m all for passing the torch to the next generation but to be hustled off the field is unconscionable.

One way to fight ageism is to live in Europe rather than the US. In Europe, age = value in many more places than not. In the US, if you’re not young and beautiful, companies won’t hire you.

I believe I experienced this around a promotion last year, and it really rocked my core. I’ve made peace with the fact that it happens a LOT, but mostly it has made me less interested in contributing at a high level at work and more interested in my own pursuits.

Making new technology accessible and easier to understand would go a really long way

I have no idea what your first sentence refers to. I’m Canadian? On the 2nd sentence, I agree govts (not generations) rarely think long-term. Largely because of the election cycle. Not sure what the answer is. Longer terms would risk inept or corrupt governments being able to retain power too long.

I had a great deal to say about this, based on many decades of lived experience and careful observation. But I'm so old, I forgot what it was.

Having been aged out of my industry, I completely understand.

Maybe they can create some kind of potion that makes us younger or older

talk is cheap. what you going to do about it.?

Dumb article, didn’t address ageism in work place

Federal age discrimination laws only apply to those over 40. Step one in dealing with age discrimination, expand those protections to everyone over the age of 18.

Ageism is the last ubiquitously accepted discrimination

This is a HORRIBLE article. It is all about the identity politics. The CORE ISSUE for ageism is workplace discrimination. People having their careers ripped from them in late forties / early fifties, discarded. This devastates finances and wellbeing more than a “young lady” to a 72 year old 🙄

can we not have different rules for people in elected positions vs the private sector I think we can

I knew when I became an old fart more would ignore me than just my kids. In a way it's liberating.

The nursing home might be the real problem.

Only in America of the free countries.

All that wisdom being lost. We should find ways to intermingle young and older people. It would be beneficial for our society.

I'm 62, I definitely see the eye rolls from time to time

I wouldn't mind some ageism in the Congress. It should not be a retirement plan for those who can't control to their egos.

I’m sorry; however, that’s a bunch of crap!

Generation that refused to learn how to use computers has hard time getting a job in a society where computers are part of 99% of jobs.

Old people are not the victims of ageism, they are the BENEFICIARIES of ageism.

The bigger problem with senator Grassley is that he has been doing the same job for almost 44 years. He served his country. If he’s not ready to retire that is his choice. But time to move on to another job.

My friends range in age from early 30s to mid 80s. I’m somewhere in the middle and find it helps me keep perspective!

True. I never saw an elderly win at the Olympics. That straight discrimination!

As most "isms" will, again will always exist. It's sad but true. Using the term, "ingrained" is spot on.

TBH, I’ve only seen it happen to women that young. I don’t doubt you at all. Having to work your way up that ladder again is literally a waste of time. Yes, this is a simple article that hits on simple-to-understand concepts, doesn’t confront the depth of the issue.

I never resigned, but stood my ground to fight for myself and others. Sacrificed my health, tho, and eventually left the workplace on long-term disability. The company noticed I was still an employee when I hit retirement age, and “resigned” me then.

Not losing your job in your 50s to make room for people being paid half your salary definitely makes life better than being artificially aged out of the workplace.

And here I thought it was okay to be an asshole to old people. Would never have known without this article!

Why persecute what we aspire to inevitably become?

I’m in my late 60’s - during my last physical the nurse was practically shouting while she was asking questions about my medications. I asked her to please speak more softly since my hearing was probably better than hers.

I might or might not agree with you, but I have no idea what you're getting at when you say: "That ris till they reason the invisible line to being seen as "decrepit"or inept ".