People at 75 fall off a cliff physically. Life expectancy is rising but that includes spending years in long term care. 70% of people over 65 right now will need long term care.
We like these type of stories because it reinforces all our denial about old age and death.
We worry about cancer and disease but the real problem is plain old falling. Fall, hurt your leg and then a spiral starts that you don't come back from.
A better example is the portrait painter trembling at seeing the first example of photography. You can pretty much see at any gallery when the camera changes art.
To me these arguments are by kids and art simpletons.
Art is always changing. As if the only true art is in making marble sculptures of Zeus.
I never went to that bowling ball place but that sounds like 90s Pittsburgh to me.
It was a very odd place. I think because rent for apartments and business was so incredibly cheap after the 80s that it attracted quite a cast of characters and many strange businesses.
I still like visiting but the city doesn't feel as "artsy" as what I remember.
Starbucks replacing the Beehive is the feel to me.
This is basically the social media addiction bargaining version of "I can't quit drinking, I will lose contact with all my friends at the bar!. Just have to accept that alcohol is part of society and social interaction."
I just doubt this is true. I like to say and think I have no social media yet here I am.
I also spend quite a bit of time watching youtube videos and looking at youtube comments.
I can't remember if it came out this year or last year but the Exit Scam series about Gerald Cotten, the bitcoin guy that everyone thought faked his death in India, is my all time fav.
https://www.exitscam.show/
Obviously we have warmed the planet a great deal but I don't think that is going to stop the next ice age.