Speaker: Jared Diamond
Key words:old people society value
Abstract: Jared Diamond谈论了老人如何在现代社会中发挥价值。
Content:
How society treat the old depend on two aspects:
- the value of old people
- traditional society: food supply/take care of offsprings/ make tools/provide knowledge
- modern society: no longer
- society culture
- eg1: Filial Piety Culture
- eg2: discrimination against the olds in US
What can the old do:
- offer childcare
- take use of their unique experience of living conditions that youngers do not have
- focus on their skills that require time accumulation
Link: TED
