Once the world that people were born into was indistinguishable from the one they left after their three score and ten. Beginning with the Renaissance, accelerating change has become the new normal. The result has been a pervasive feeling that … Continue reading
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People of a certain age try to keep their brains tuned up with sudoku, crosswords, and even intellectual exercise programs hawked online as anti-Alzheimer’s nostrums. My wife claims her obsessive bridge playing is the equivalent of wrinkle cream for the … Continue reading