The weaponization of Biden’s age

The 2024 presidential election cycle is well underway, and voters are more concerned than ever with the age of the candidates. More specifically, the age—and as a result, the cognitive and physical health—of President Joe Biden, who would be 82 if he were to take the oath of office for a second time. But as Mauro Guillén—author of The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society and vice dean at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania—suggests in a new piece for TIME, perhaps the debate over age this election cycle is far too simplistic and, even more importantly, veers into blatant ageism.

Among Guillén's most intruiging points:

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