Does Time Speed Up As We Age?
- Written by J.J.
When I was young I remember longing to be an adult. Then, time couldn't pass fast enough. That is, unless it was time to put my book down or go home for dinner. Now, it feels like the months and years fly by. That's pretty cliche isn't it? So, is it true? Does time really speed up with each year that passes?
Why Are We Closing Post Offices?
- Written by J.J.
January 2014's price hike in first class stamps prompted outcry and dire predictions about the future of the Post Office. While the hike was a very public sign of fiscal problems some communities had already felt the impact through reduced hours or the closing of their local Post Office. Over 60 buildings have been sold so far with nearly 4,000 on a list for sale analysis. In fact purchasing Post Office buildings as investment properties that are then leased back to the United States Postal Service (USPS) has become a hot trend. Some, like Donald Trump, don't buy the buildings. They lease and develop them. Trump will renovate the historical D.C. building and use it's desirable location to create a 270 room luxury hotel. Why are we closing and selling post offices?
Ethics At The Fountain Of Youth
- Written by J.J.
As we trailblaze a new way to age our access to health information and medicine is lengthening our liives. It's improving our quality of life in later years. Wrinkles and illnesses, however, are still part of the journey. Not surprisingly, then, advancing medicine fuels a renewed search for the fountain of youth. Revenues for the anti aging industry (research, products, services) are are pushing toward $200 billion annually by 2021. For perspective, our collective spending to defend against wrinkles and aging is greater than what we spend annually defending the U.S. through funding for the FBI and CIA! Maybe you think this suggests that our priorities are questionable or maybe you've spent money to look younger and realize it's value. Either way, ethics controversies surround the use and production of some of the most popular products used to forestall aging and even greater ethical challenges are on our horizon as gerontology and bio science approach the capacity to engineer radically extended lives.
Guinness Record Holders Age 50-100 and Beyond!
- Written by J.J.
"How was it? I'm ready to go again!" said 101 year old Mary Anne Hardison after her I-can-do-what-you-can-do paraglide flight for her birthday. By taking that ride Hardison etched her name in the Guinness World Record book as the oldest female to tandem paraglide. Maybe you and I have never thought of setting a Guinness World Record but, like Mary, many people have. Some record holders our age, however, probably never imagined they'd become the oldest: teacher, sisters, married couple, violinist and so forth but by the sheer progression of time and good fortune to be alive they find themselves with that distinction.