#old-age — Public Fediverse posts
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I'm seeing Linus Torvalds support for AI as a possible sign of cognitive impairment.
Even if so it might AIUI take another 20 years before his functioning is clearly inadequate.
But it's something worth considering about every aging human. And with old age beginning at 60 Linus is on the edge of that now.
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You know you're getting old because your children no longer need you to solve their lives. And now they help you, they bring you food and they keep you company because they perceive you as vulnerable. On one hand, there's the sadness of slowly losing vitality, losing yourself, and on the other hand, the peace of mind of having that support in your later years and knowing that you didn't do so badly.
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The night feels longer,
but the stars seem closer now—
he talks to their light. -
For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #gettingold #goodlife #growingold #livingwell #oldage #perspective #pleasure
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Doing an advanced care plan / advanced care directive?
What's your thinking around resuscitation / major surgery after you're treated as incompetent / in a locked environment without free exit?
#OldAge #EndOfLife #DoNotResuscitate #DNR #Wills #Competency #Disability #Illness #Dementia #TBI #Stroke
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Her stories grow short,
but the silence that follows
holds their full meaning. -
Don’t abandon old friends,
because newer ones are not their equals.
New friends are like new wine;
when wine ages,
you will drink it with good cheer.
[Μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς φίλον ἀρχαῖον,
ὁ γὰρ πρόσφατος οὐκ ἔστιν ἔφισος αὐτῷ·
οἶνος νέος φίλος νέος·
ἐὰν παλαιωθῇ, μετ᾽ εὐφροσύνης πίεσαι αὐτόν.]The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 9:10 (Sir 9:10) [tr. CEB (2011)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84860/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #apocrypha #sirach #ecclesiasticus #aging #friends #friendship #loyalty #maturity #oldage #wine
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He forgets the names,
but remembers the kindness—
love never needs words. -
Autumn leaves whisper,
as if telling old secrets—
the wind understands. -
The mirror grows kind,
reflecting not just the face—
but the life within. -
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Deep into the second series of the fabulous HBO Max medical drama, The Pitt, this line popped out from a character & I wanted to share it for its wisdom & poignancy:
'While every old person knows what it is like to be young, no young person can know what it is like to be old...'
That is not only a truism, but its a really instructive way of understanding the trouble that society often has with ensuring our older members have the best life they can....
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Old slippers, worn thin,
yet still waiting by the bed—
ready for the day. -
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian politician, Marxist, intellectual, revolutionary [b. Lev Davidovich Bronstein]
Diary, Notebook 2 (1935-05-08) [tr. Zarudnaya (1958)]More about this quote: wist.info/trotsky-leon/16761/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #trotsky #leontrotsky #aging #expectations #growingold #oldage #surprise #gettingold
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The tea cools again,
but she savors it slowly—
haste left long ago. -
He nods off at dusk,
dreams walking where legs cannot—
a sweet, endless field. -
Sometimes I feel old but today the reason for this feeling was trying look for the Space Hulk computer game on both GoG and Steam and finding the new one.
On Steam it was called Space Hulk (Classic). Still it's not the classic Space Hulk game from 1993 which is apprently impossible to get anymore. (I seem to have misplaced my cd-rom version and I'm not sure how easy it'd be to get to run anyway.)
Yeah yeah it's almost 35 years old.
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Morning breaks softly,
time bows, then moves aside—
grace in growing old. -
For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #williamsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #goodlife #growingold #oldage #perspective #pleasure #gettingold #livingwell -
Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #walden #age #decline #elder #instruction #oldage #senescence #teaching #wisdom #youth
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I'm at that stage in life where I think everyone is my age - except for people my age - they look old! Anybody else experience the same?
#OldAge #Old #Perspective -
Forgotten faces,
yet the heart still remembers
the warmth of their eyes. -
I can't help financially, but I can share. I have my personal #disability, not to mention #DecadesUponDecades (I'm exploring new ways to say #OldAge or #CreakingOldBones) but I want to help however I can so i share. I hope something good comes out of this.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lykeugyupikwfvernnxl64lq/post/3mnkypnqkrk2o -
This is the last video in my series on developmental psychology. It includes a close tie to philosophy, because while explaining all the stages of adulthood, and wisdom (usually associated with old age). I also discuss dying, from the perspective of the dying person, and the mourners who remain.
https://youtu.be/JYKVezGfl2s
#psychology #pihlosophy #wisdom #wise #development #adulthood #oldage #death #dying #mourning #stages -
Forgotten faces,
yet the heart still remembers
the warmth of their eyes.
#Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #oldage
