Let’s End Ageism

Ashton Applewhite · other · single

In one of the most watched TED talks on aging, author and activist Ashton Applewhite makes the case that ageism — prejudice against our future selves — is the last socially acceptable form of discrimination. Applewhite argues that aging is not a problem to be fixed but a natural process to be embraced, and calls on audiences to dismantle the cultural dread that makes growing older a source of shame.

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