No. 30/April 26, 2023 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. ChatGPT Does Not Know What It’s Saying The words a human speaks reflect the experience of being in a human body. ChatGPT doesn’t have one, and that is why […]
Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash This week I learned a new word – “polypharmacy.” I also learned that I could be a poster child for it. The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Doctors define polypharmacy as the regular use of five or […]
Photo by Ashley Rich on Unsplash One day last week, the high temperature reached 75 degrees and it was time to bring out the short sleeve shirts and short pants. That was immediately followed by a two-day cold snap with highs in only the 40s, and it was back to long pants and overcoats. The EndGame is a […]
No. 29/April 12, 2023 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Some Foods Go to Your Head – And Not in a Good Way People who eat the most ultra-processed foods – including burgers, hot dogs, French fries, sodas, cookies, […]
Photo by Lyman Hansel Gerona on Unsplash Two rapidly accelerating trends approaching from opposite directions are about to collide like a couple of lovesick asteroids. The impact of that collision will influence your future and mine. The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. One […]
Photo by Stefano Pollio on Unsplash When did you first notice you were invisible? The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Was it the first time you tried to speak up in a meeting and someone younger talked over you? Was it when you […]
No. 28/ March 29, 2023 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Housing: Stuck in the Middle Older adults whose income is too high to qualify them for subsidized housing, but not high enough to afford most retirement communities, are in […]
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash Yes, I did it. After a successful 50-year campaign to avoid athletic injuries by avoiding all athletics, I took a first step toward fitness. To do it, I had to overcome a crippling fear – the kind we now would label PTSD – of gymnasia in general and men’s locker rooms in […]
Photo: Getty Images What got me thinking about satisfaction with life was a report by Fidelity International (of Australia), which found that elderly Australians were generally more satisfied with their lives the longer they had been retired. That got me thinking about satisfaction, and how we know when we’ve reached it. The EndGame is a […]
No. 27/ March 15, 2023 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Why Older Women Have “Gray Affairs” A foremost scholar of female infidelity, author Susan Shapiro Barash, says women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s seem to be joining their […]
