News of the Week - 9/20/24
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How a 90-Year-Old Comedian Spends Her Sundays.
Historic numbers of older Americans are now living by themselves.
China is raising its retirement age, now among the youngest in the world’s major economies.
Why Can’t I Get This Song Out of My Head?
Real-Life ‘Golden Bachelorettes’ Would Like a Word.
Why do we forget things we were just thinking about?
How Do I Survive the Last Mile to Retirement?
Historic numbers of older Americans are now living by themselves
WAPO - Longer life spans, rising rates of divorce, widowhood, and childlessness, and smaller, far-flung families are fueling a “gray revolution” in older adults’ living arrangements. It can have profound consequences for their health. According to its 2023 Current Population Survey, about 28 percent of people 65 and older live by themselves, including slightly fewer than 6 million men and slightly more than 10 million women. By contrast, only 1 in 10 older Americans lived on their own in 1950.
How a 90-Year-Old Comedian Spends Her Sundays
NYT - D’yan Forest goes swimming, plays golf and then closes her day with a 10-minute set at Gotham Comedy Club that brings her a “huge sense of happiness and success.”
China is raising its retirement age, now among the youngest in the world’s major economies
AP - Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking population and aging work force.
The policy change will be carried out over 15 years, with the retirement age for men raised to 63 years, and for women to 55 or 58 years depending on their jobs. The current retirement age is 60 for men and 50 for women in blue-collar jobs and 55 for women doing white-collar work.
Why Can’t I Get This Song Out of My Head?
NYT - Research suggests that catchy songs that get lodged in your head — colloquially known as earworms — are common, and can happen to people weekly or even daily.
Real-Life ‘Golden Bachelorettes’ Would Like a Word
NYT - The series is selling a fantasy. But straight women in their 60s and 70s say the dating scene is anything but rosy.
Why do we forget things we were just thinking about?
LifeScience - When the brain "juggles" information, things can fall through the cracks.
How Do I Survive the Last Mile to Retirement?
NYT - I have a crushing workload and the anger to prove it. With less than two years before I can leave, how do I avoid alienating everyone?
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- Amy Winehouse
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