I guess I would start by saying we should be surprised when there's not gerontocracy,

just because, as it turns out, having old men in charge is the way of the world as far back

in history as we can go.

And then I think there was some disruption.

But when we look across the world, more know, more than half of humanity today lives

under political leaders over the age of 70. So there are going to be some like American

particularities in 2026. But the baseline is that gerontocracy has been with us from the beginning, and in a way, it's back.

And that's because of the extension of the lifespan.

You know, old men who were in charge until the age of Diane Feinstein and Ruth Ginsburg,

they were age limited by mortality.

There were actually ways that older societies had of dealing with

cognitive decline in their leaders that we don't. But I think what happened is that we have

created a kind of medical miracle that allows a lot of these folks not just to stay in office,

but at a high level of functioning

for much longer than was historically possible. That's the unique circumstance today in which

it's very hard to get folks to leave. That's what we're reckoning with at the political level.

And I agree with you that Bernie is a great counter example.

And I'm very against ages.

I'm very against stereotyping old people.

You know, if everyone over 65 was like Bernie,

I probably would be less concerned about the issue.

I would be concerned about gerontocracy,

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