Age & Aging: Crash Course Sociology #36
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Deborah
Would be lovely to see a video on the good side of aging in terms of the development of consciousness, wisdom, virtue, morality, and generativity. There is a complexity of mind and of understanding that can only come from decades of building perspective. This doesn't get talked about enough in modern Western society, and frankly I think this is why we are technologically and economically advanced, yet psychologically ill.
Elders have life experience that help them become much less self-centered and much more concerned about the well-being of others, as well as of future generations. They have much to offer in a culture that overemphasizes achievement, power, and status and underemphasizes sustainability, altruism, harmony, and service to others.
See theories by Robert Kegan, Susan Cook-Greuter, Jane Loevinger, Clare Graves, Jean Gebser, Michael Commons, Francis Richards, and much of the research coming out of Harvard on Adult Development and Aging!
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Would be lovely to see a video on the good side of aging in terms of the development of consciousness, wisdom, virtue, morality, and generativity. There is a complexity of mind and of understanding that can only come from decades of building perspective. This doesn't get talked about enough in modern Western society, and frankly I think this is why we are technologically and economically advanced, yet psychologically ill.
Elders have life experience that help them become much less self-centered and much more concerned about the well-being of others, as well as of future generations. They have much to offer in a culture that overemphasizes achievement, power, and status and underemphasizes sustainability, altruism, harmony, and service to others.
See theories by Robert Kegan, Susan Cook-Greuter, Jane Loevinger, Clare Graves, Jean Gebser, Michael Commons, Francis Richards, and much of the research coming out of Harvard on Adult Development and Aging!
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AscendantStoic
Finally a good vid in the series, you handled the subject quite well and were quite accurate, scientific and objective, wish all the vids in this series were like this one, we don't talk enough about the subject of aging and elderly people and the problems they face.
Strange thing though, i know you are focusing on USA most of the time but i expected you to bring up Japan and at least compare it with the USA since their aging population phenomena is far ahead for everyone else, they are having very low birth rates and also very low death rates, compounded by how hard it is for legal refugees to settle in Japan the country as a whole is getting very old very fast. it would have been interesting if you also looked into all the ways the Japanese gov tried to solve the problem and haven't had much success so far.
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Finally a good vid in the series, you handled the subject quite well and were quite accurate, scientific and objective, wish all the vids in this series were like this one, we don't talk enough about the subject of aging and elderly people and the problems they face.
Strange thing though, i know you are focusing on USA most of the time but i expected you to bring up Japan and at least compare it with the USA since their aging population phenomena is far ahead for everyone else, they are having very low birth rates and also very low death rates, compounded by how hard it is for legal refugees to settle in Japan the country as a whole is getting very old very fast. it would have been interesting if you also looked into all the ways the Japanese gov tried to solve the problem and haven't had much success so far.
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Lauri
Just need to say how disappointed I was with the Crash Course on Aging. It was a grim, almost afterthought giving to the aged. Very unlike all the other wonderful, well thought out and inclusive coverage of the other categories of social statuses that suffer inequalities in society. Race was covered, gender, social class, all giving various perspectives and covering the major theories. Where is Activity Theory? Disengagement Theory? the discipline of Gerontology? None of this is covered in this video. I am an older Sociology Professor who has been teaching the concept of age, aging and ageism for 30 years. Please understand, I am also grateful for these informative, well thought out videos and their availability for all. I have become a supporter. I am hopeful you can update, revise and expand this segment.
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Just need to say how disappointed I was with the Crash Course on Aging. It was a grim, almost afterthought giving to the aged. Very unlike all the other wonderful, well thought out and inclusive coverage of the other categories of social statuses that suffer inequalities in society. Race was covered, gender, social class, all giving various perspectives and covering the major theories. Where is Activity Theory? Disengagement Theory? the discipline of Gerontology? None of this is covered in this video. I am an older Sociology Professor who has been teaching the concept of age, aging and ageism for 30 years. Please understand, I am also grateful for these informative, well thought out videos and their availability for all. I have become a supporter. I am hopeful you can update, revise and expand this segment.
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Jeffrey
Aging may not always provide wisdom, but it certainly provides perspective. Youth may be wasted on the young, but retirement can also lay waste to the old. Everyone knows or has heard of the man who retires around 65 and is dead within 24 months. Why is that? One factor may be social isolation, another may be a lack of self-worth.
If you define yourself by your job (I'm a teacher or doctor or plumber, retirement may cause a loss of identity or purpose. Volunteering or working part-time may help both of these, and learning new things daily, I believe, helps to keep your mind young.
Age discrimination in the workforce is real and it is a shame; we need experienced workers to pass on their knowledge to the next generations.
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Aging may not always provide wisdom, but it certainly provides perspective. Youth may be wasted on the young, but retirement can also lay waste to the old. Everyone knows or has heard of the man who retires around 65 and is dead within 24 months. Why is that? One factor may be social isolation, another may be a lack of self-worth.
If you define yourself by your job (I'm a teacher or doctor or plumber, retirement may cause a loss of identity or purpose. Volunteering or working part-time may help both of these, and learning new things daily, I believe, helps to keep your mind young.
Age discrimination in the workforce is real and it is a shame; we need experienced workers to pass on their knowledge to the next generations.
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valar
Not a word about medical advances leading to rejuvenation of aging people. Well, this was made in 2017. In 2019, massive funds are pouring into research on the root causes of aging. Don't think this isn't going to pan out. It will. No discussion of an aging population is complete without it.
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Not a word about medical advances leading to rejuvenation of aging people. Well, this was made in 2017. In 2019, massive funds are pouring into research on the root causes of aging. Don't think this isn't going to pan out. It will. No discussion of an aging population is complete without it.
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unknown
Culture
1 age stratification Hunter gather as burdens industrial older moved out of labour competition with younger works info society
2 effect on informal sector worker more severe
3 job = social worth
4 loss of friends
5 fear if death
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Culture
1 age stratification Hunter gather as burdens industrial older moved out of labour competition with younger works info society
2 effect on informal sector worker more severe
3 job = social worth
4 loss of friends
5 fear if death
2
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Sunjay
Is there any empirical evidence that older people in hunter-gatherer societies are given less respect than in agricultural society? That seems like a pretty bold claim, given what we know of hunter-gatherer societies and caregiving.
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Is there any empirical evidence that older people in hunter-gatherer societies are given less respect than in agricultural society? That seems like a pretty bold claim, given what we know of hunter-gatherer societies and caregiving.
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Kim
Finally the ones who don't watch CrashCourse for knowledge are gone, it's peace now. Those dumbos made the comment section worst for 4 videos, just because they are prejudiced dumb people.
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Finally the ones who don't watch CrashCourse for knowledge are gone, it's peace now. Those dumbos made the comment section worst for 4 videos, just because they are prejudiced dumb people.
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Telleryn
Older people aren't considered a complete burden in hunter-gatherer societies, grandparents are very useful for looking after kids so that their parents can keep doing useful things
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Older people aren't considered a complete burden in hunter-gatherer societies, grandparents are very useful for looking after kids so that their parents can keep doing useful things
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Societies with birthrates under 1. 8 children/women either collapse or get destroyed. To help your society avoid this fate, have lots of children, at least five.
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Societies with birthrates under 1. 8 children/women either collapse or get destroyed. To help your society avoid this fate, have lots of children, at least five.
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