The two competing ideologies on ageing

Ageing workers bring more experience, but potentially more health problems as well. Managing this tension in the workforce is critical.

Jeff Hwang Yi-Fu For The Straits Times
Updated
Apr 24, 2019, 11:58 AM
Published
Apr 18, 2019, 05:00 AM
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Modern culture holds two competing ideologies on ageing.

One sees ageing as a decline into decrepitude and irrelevance. The other considers ageing as entering a richer phase of personhood and identity, which brings with it greater liberty to pursue fulfilment.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 18, 2019, with the headline The two competing ideologies on ageing. Subscribe

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