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As we age, our time horizons grow shorter and our goals change.
當我們逐漸變老，跟人生終點的距離不斷縮短，我們的人生目標從而改變。
When we recognize that we don't have all the time in the world, we see our priorities most clearly.
當我們意識到時間不再多的可以盡情揮霍，就能清楚地看到事情的輕重緩急。
We take less notice of trivial matters. We savor life.
我們變得不在意瑣碎之事了。我們享受人生。
We're more appreciative, more open to reconciliation.
我們更懂感恩，更向往和諧。
We invest in more emotionally important parts of life, and life gets better, so we're happier day-to-day.
我們更致力于精神層面上重要的東西，生活變得更好，所以日益快樂。
But that same shift in perspective leads us to have less tolerance than ever for injustice.
但是這種觀念的改變也降低了對不公的容忍。
By 2015, there will be more people in the United States over the age of 60 than under 15.
到2015年，美國人口中60歲以上的人口將會超過不滿15歲的人口。
What will happen to societies that are top-heavy with older people?
社會老齡化之后會有什么改變？
The numbers won't determine the outcome. Culture will.
數量并不能左右結果。文化才會。
If we invest in science and technology and find solutions for the real problems that older people face
如果我們投入科學和技術，為老齡化問題找出解決之道，
and we capitalize on the very real strengths of older people,
我們充分發揮老年人的真正優勢，
then added years of life can dramatically improve quality of life at all ages.
那么，壽命的增加將會戲劇性地改善人們的生活質量。
Societies with millions of talented, emotionally stable citizens
無論是哪個年齡段，社會上有上百萬的有才能而且情緒穩定的市民，
who are healthier and better educated than any generations before them,
與他們之前的任何一代人比，他們更健康，受過更高的教育，
armed with knowledge about the practical matters of life
用知識武裝自己，了解人生的各種狀況，
and motivated to solve the big issues can be better societies than we have ever known.
積極主動地去解決重大問題，社會將變得更加美好，比我們已知的更好。
My father, who is 92, likes to say,
我父親已經92歲了，他喜歡說，
"Let's stop talking only about how to save the old folks and start talking about how to get them to save us all." Thank you.
“讓我們不要再說解救老年人這種話了。我們要開始談談如何讓老年人解救所有人。”謝謝。
