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Aging
ENGLISH
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OLD
What everyone wants to become,
but nobody wants to be...
The desire for youth and eternal life is as old as humanity. Stories about fountains of
youth or the philosopher's stone have survived into our high-tech world and are even
used in Hollywood blockbusters to lure in audiences. We have made friends with
many of the laws of the universe, but not with aging.
Many downright fear everything that is connected
with the word. And attempts are being made
to delay it as long as possible. Aging changes
everyone in different ways, and it also changes
itself with developments in research and society.
So why are we so reluctant to throw our arms
in the air like we did during the last business
coaching and shout: “Hurray! Change is great!”
Is it because we are helplessly exposed to this
particular change? Nor does it seem to help to
know that everyone, without exception, has to
bear this burden at some point.
CHRONOLOGICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL AGE
When you start to feel old and when you are,
by definition, old depends on many factors.
While the average life expectancy for men is
78 years today, it was 65.8 years in 1957.
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