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The digitization of our lives and livelihoods is leaving millions of Americans—particularly the elderly—on the wrong side of the digital divide. Is it possible to age-proof Silicon Valley?

It’s stunning how quickly every part of life now involves some digital or online interaction, and how haphazard the rollout has been.
It’s stunning how quickly every part of life now involves some digital or online interaction, and how haphazard the rollout has been. Photo: Annette Riedl/Getty Images
Baratunde Thurston
October 8, 2023

I spend a lot of time in airports—such is the life of a Puck writer/TV host/public speaker—and recently found myself sitting at an ersatz Japanese restaurant in Newark International Airport. (Yes, it’s actually nice now.) As I prepared to eat, I noticed an older woman sitting across from me, in her 60s or early 70s, staring at the table with a frustrated expression. I immediately recognized her pain.