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Stella Fosse's avatar

I suspect this conundrum of ageist hiring practices will eventually be solved by demographics as the birth rate continues low and the pool of competent workers swings older. But in the short term, writing (as you've done so well in this essay) and self-publishing is one route to productivity that is open to all. Publishers, with their prejudices (including ageism), are no longer gatekeepers.

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Jinks Hoffmann's avatar

I LOVE your essay, John. It is funny, real, fiesty, insistent. Gorgeously written. "Become" an inspirational writer? I am still working at 81. The hell with 'em, I say.

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