A peppy insurance agent confidently tells an older woman: I'm 35 and I can barely understand that Web page. I can't imagine how hard it is for you.
Eye roll. The older woman was developing Web pages when that agent was in second grade.
According to a survey by A Place for Mom, 55 percent of young people typically believe older people don't have a clue about technology. But that's mostly false. A Pew Research Center study found 67 percent of seniors use the internet at home and 51 percent have broadband.
Young people, always in a hurry, tend to think older people drive more dangerously than the young. Sorry. According to the Federal Highway Safety Administration, people 65+ make up 19 percent of crash victims. Those 16 to 34 make up 38 percent of crash victims.
On the other hand, young people are right about some characteristics of growing older.
More than 65 percent of young people know that people aged 50 and older have money to spend. (Okay, who thinks that is because they are 'borrowing' it?) According to the Oxford Economics Report, the contribution to the economy of people over 50 is about 43 percent of GDP.
When surveyed, young people correctly agree that as people age they are not unhappy. A Princeton University study shows that happiness tends to decline in middle age, but increases in the 50s. By their 70s, most people are happier than when they were 20.