12-09-2020, 10:07 PM
Certain roles obviously end earlier for some groups of people than for others. Professional athletes typically have their peak years of performance in their late twenties. Reflexes slow, and injuries take their toll. The typical NFL running back has about six excellent years before his career starts to fade. Most professional baseball careers are over at age 32. Ballerinas? That is as much athleticism as art... and it shows in career length. High-fashion models? Around age 30, kids more stunning are challenging for the roles that the veterans have... the ideal age for beauty is typically about 20 (just look at the profiles of the new Playmates of the Month). Speaking of sex appeal, it matters far more for women than for men, and this applies to film and music stars. If one is in these activities one had better have a back-up plan. So if you have and a marginal role in the NBA for three years or so, then you might consider going into sales, as in cars or real estate. In such an activity as ballet, those who can no longer do... teach.
Jobs that are far more athletic than cerebral end when the advantage of experience isn't enough to fend off the challenge of younger and stronger (but wet-behind-the-years) whipper-snappers...
People are staying active intellectually and physically longer, but there are things clearly connected to age. Add to this, some people are better at adapting over time.
Jobs that are far more athletic than cerebral end when the advantage of experience isn't enough to fend off the challenge of younger and stronger (but wet-behind-the-years) whipper-snappers...
People are staying active intellectually and physically longer, but there are things clearly connected to age. Add to this, some people are better at adapting over time.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.