Eighty Is the New Fifty

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  • Posted By: melinabee @ 07/15/2008 1:14:11 AM

    This is a briliant article. For those 80 year olds up to the task I would love to work next to their wisdom and maturity. Comparing the 50 year old bank CEO to the internet twenty something is an apt comparison. It's just a different game at a different stage. To those 80 year olds it is more about giving back and creating some value and even legacy.

  • Posted By: jaytmoon @ 06/09/2008 10:06:00 PM

    "Eighty Is the New Fifty" dumbest tag line I've ever read. At 50 you could trip on a rug and get brused, at 80 you'd likly break a hip, ribs or arm and never fully recover. Granted our senior members of society do contribute to our well being through thier knowlede and experience. But don't think for a minute that they (80 year olds) should still be in charge of mission critical, high stress positions. It probably would kill them from stress

  • Posted By: integrator @ 06/09/2008 6:18:59 PM

    Asking a 72 year old to run the company is one thing. Asking on to run the country is another. For one, it's not unheard of to have CEO for a year, or two. Second, the implications are far greater in running the country. It doesn't have the same implications it a ceo offends a foreign counterpart. And a CEO only affects the economy of their employees, not the whole country. I could go on and on....

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