Carol Haber
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History of the Self: Aging
So this is late 19th century. We're going through a transformation from the agrarian economic system to the industrial economic system.
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History of the Self: Aging
I was trained as a medical and social historian, and I focus largely on the history of aging.
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History of the Self: Aging
If you look at the late 19th century, the image of the old person is hunched over with a cane, sitting in a rocking chair. It's pretty negative.
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History of the Self: Aging
You had the feeling that there wasn't this basis of support and that old people were going to end up in what they called the industrial scrap heap. They couldn't keep up. They couldn't learn new skills. And so they were going to become obsolescence.
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History of the Self: Aging
We keep searching. What is it exactly we're looking for? I don't know what I want to do. Living to 200? Are we looking to living to... You know, 95 with our senses and being active and in control. I think the most important thing to me is maintaining my mobility. I would love to, like, renovate a house. I think I want to travel more. Traveling as much as I can. More time to myself.