Author: Sylvain and Phyllis Ehrenfeld
Sylvain and Phyllis Ehrenfeld have represented humanist organizations before the United Nations. This article is adapted from one that appeared in the February 2004 International Humanist News.
The Aging World
We are living in the midst of an unprecedented transition, sometimes called the “agequake.” By 2050, the number of older persons in the world will exceed the number of young for the first time in history. As the twenty-first century began, the world’s population included approximately 600 million older people, triple the number recorded fifty …