Super-elders

[Eric the Green]

(01-05-2019, 08:20 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(01-05-2019, 08:04 AM)Bill the Piper Wrote: People who stayed engaged beyond their generational time. I think they can be a beneficial influence, since they are the only ones to have already seen a turning before.

Conrad Adenauer (Missionary), basically re-created Germany during the last 1T.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher (both GI), did some tidying up after the Countercultural revolution in the early 3T. Although they represented the crudest type of Civic materialism, so I don't see them as good super-elders.
John Paul II (GI), led the Catholic Church throughout the entire 3T (1980-2005)
Benedict XVI and Francis (both Silent), Popes during the current 4T
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden (Silent). Influenced the Democratic Party during the current 4T.

Also, which boomers do you see as being super-elders during the 1T?

Early-wave Boomers start turning 76 this year. Does anyone want to guess who stands to live to 90?

Boomers are the lightest smokers in any generation since -- what, the Transcendental Generation? The GI generation has left the Silent clues on how to stay around in very old age: stay active, intellectually and physically, and stay relevant.

Take note also that a year from now the youngest GIs start turning 60. Do not fool yourself: sixty is old.

You mean the oldest Gen Xers? 1961 - 2021.

Old is no longer necessarily old; it depends on how your life goes and how you live it.

I think it's A-OK if Xers fool themselves into thinking they are young (to use a word form 1961). They have been fooled as a generation by much worse. A handsome actor GI fooled them.