Susan Jacoby’s big argument is how Americans and baby boomers are blinding themselves from the true reality of old age. She says Americans do believe that, “we are going to get older, but not actually old”. The American culture sees being old as a good thing, as long as one doesn’t experience any typical health problems of people who are “old old”. This new ageism in America disapproves old age and that is stopping us from having a clear image of it. Jacoby says that old age has changed because some boomers believe they can stay “forever young” and that ninety may soon become the new fifty. They also think that there will soon be a cure for ageing. Old age is being sugar coated by Americans who are trying to create and sell their products,
