How Old is Too Old to Govern?

Most Americans favor an age limit for the president and other politicians. But some ethicists and scientists argue that’s ageist and scientifically unsound.

Robert Roy Britt
Wise & Well
Published in
11 min readOct 9, 2023

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons (left: Joint Congressional Committee; right: Gage Skidmore)

Barring a considerable shift in the political winds, the next US president will be either 82 or 78 years old on Inauguration Day. Meanwhile, Senate…

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Robert Roy Britt
Wise & Well

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB