Is America a gerontocracy?
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Much more would you get done with a personal assistant in your pocket. Life's too short to be like manually filing insurance claims and like being on hold waiting for like the lab tests that the you know that the doctor did. Like I don't know, I feel like it's allowing me to show up in ways that I've always wished I could show up. I just I'm so strapped for time. What we gain and give up when AI agents enter the picture. That's this week on Explain It to Me.
Listen to new episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the gray area. I'm John Clen Hill sitting in for Sean Illing. Today I'll be in conversation with Idris Callun. He's a staff writer at The Atlantic, and he's written quite a bit about what he calls our gerontocracy.
He argues that older Americans have a disproportionate amount of money, power, and influence. What does the country lose when one generation refuses to yield power? And does the system we have suppress the success of younger generations? It's a really interesting conversation, and I hope you enjoy it. Adrice Calloon, welcome to the gray area.
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