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- A huge segment of America's population — the Baby Boom generation — is aging and will live longer than any American generation in history.

- The story we read about in the news? Their drain on social services like Social Security and Medicare.

- But increased longevity is a cause for celebration, says Ashton Applewhite, not doom and gloom.

Ashton Applewhite is a Brooklyn-based activist and writer. Her latest book, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, debunks many myths about late life (https://goo.gl/Ln6idn)

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