Growing old has its advantages and disadvantages. But do the disadvantages outweigh the point of life? Patrick Devlin and Amy Nelson discuss VGR's “Emanations” and TNG's “Half a Life.” From these two episodes, it is clear that the elderly are burdens for their family and show us two cultures’ solutions to alleviate the ‘so-called’ burdens.

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