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MythBuster: Ambition After 70

They say ambition is for the young. I say: stop treating it like a dirty word.

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Monica Hebert
Oct 04, 2025
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They Call Me the MythBuster

The other day, I stumbled on a TikTok where a man — let’s call him “young,” though he’s probably in his 40s — declared that people over 70 should just… die. According to him, we contribute nothing of financial value, we’re draining society, and our very existence is in the way of his success.

Well. You can imagine how fast my b…

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