# Let's end ageism

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2017
- Speaker: Ashton Applewhite
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ashton_applewhite_let_s_end_ageism)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It's not the passage of time that makes it so hard to get older. It's ageism, a prejudice that pits us against our future selves -- and each other. Ashton Applewhite urges us to dismantle the dread and mobilize against the last socially acceptable prejudice. "Aging is not a problem to be fixed or a disease to be cured," she says. "It is a natural, powerful, lifelong process that unites us all."

## Lectures

1. [Let's end ageism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ashton_applewhite_let_s_end_ageism/4e8440efd7d2), 12 min (TED's player)