You're Older Than You've Ever Been

I just read a fascinating study on aging and social security that proposes basing the age when people start getting benefits not on their "nominal age" (years since birth) but on their "real age" (mortality risk or percentage of lifespan completed). People are living much longer and healthier lives than they were in 1935 when social security began, so an adjusted benefits year is more true to ...

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Listen to Your Mother

If your mother is like my mother, she probably spent a lot of time and energy when you were growing up trying to turn you from a greedy, narcissistic little hellion into a respectful, conscientious human being. She probably said things like "It doesn't cost anything to be nice" and quoted the Golden Rule. The fly-catching abilities of various liquids may have come up. In this, as in everything ...

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