From '50 Plus' magazine:
Q. What worries you most about our lives now?
A. A great deal worries me, but that's a subject for a book. Maybe that is the book. I think we face four major megaproblems that are really so gross that we have trouble even conceiving of them, let alone tackling them.

I call it The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse riding down on the population: 1) pollution, 2) population, 3) depletion of natural resources--including fresh air and water--and 4) proliferation of nuclear devices. And any one of these can destroy the world. The first one may very well. We were beginning to make some headway, but President Reagan is just turning his back on pollution and we're not doing anything. We've given up that battle. We've only got this one ship of ours floating out there in space in a closed environment and using up the fresh air and fresh water and not doing anything to return it to the environment. I don't see how in the world you can deny the situation.

And as for strength through the military, well it's not what has given America its appeal in the world; it's not in keeping with the banner and beacon of hope and the Statue of Liberty. People love the United States because of the dream of democracy and freedom. You can't teach democracy through the sights of a helicopter gun ship.

Q. Are there any issues regarding growing older that you feel more strongly about now than you once did?
A. I think there's a noticeable lack of interest on the part of young people in the opinion of the older generation. I've talked to several business executives who are appalled by the fact that they're not ever called back for consultation. The same thing happens in politics. As a practical matter, young people are making a mistake. They are determined to make all the mistakes all over again on their own, without taking any advantage of accumulated wisdom.
Q. Anything else young people could learn from older people?
A. Continued activity, continued participation in whatever business, commerce, politics, civic affairs, provides a source of wisdom for the young, if they want to make use of it.

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