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David Brooks: The New Old Age - The Atlantic

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What a new life stage can teach the rest of us about how to find meaning and purpose—before it’s too late

Listen − 1.0 x + Seek 0:00 29:11 This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic , Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. A nne Kenner worked for many years as a federal prosecutor, first in the Eastern District of New York, and then in the Northern District of California, trying mobsters and drug dealers. “I like the hairy edge,” she told me. Her job was meaningful to her; it made her feel useful. When she became disturbed by the powerlessness of some of the young people caught up in the system, she de

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