With its promise of lifting people out of poverty and ending the need for food banks, the Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) sounds radical, and even subversive, an invitation to create a shiftless, dependent population—but it may be an idea whose time has come. This is not a new thought—Thomas Moore… Read More »The Basic Income—An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
I have a cliff garden. Yes, it is exactly that—a garden perched on a cliff, 30 or so feet above a quiet street bordering the harbor. I don’t own the garden. That would be impossible, given that I live in a condo. How it came about is a long… Read More »No Welcome Mat for Odocoileus Hemionus in This Garden!
Old people get a raw deal in television and in the movies. We don’t make a fuss about this, because as we age, we become conditioned to the themes and images that flood the media, and bombard us with their messages. That’s just entertainment, we think—it’s not meant to depict… Read More »Why the Media’s Messages Matter to Old People
Remember when people speculated that social media would produce a population of isolates, working alone in a room, disconnected from the rest of humanity? And if lonely older people took up social media, they would become even more lonely and depressed? Well, speculate no more—older adults, just like the rest… Read More »Does Social Media Help Old People Feel Less Lonely?
No matter what successes you have had in your life, none of it matters when you descend into loneliness and depression, especially if you are old. Being old can make you more vulnerable than younger people, and more likely to believe you have no options—you feel that you have less… Read More »The Hidden, Internal Language of Loneliness
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