Fast Company marks a trend -- let's stereotype older adults as Grandma. The latest article title was the last straw. Undoubtedly, as with the others, it was selected by young headline writers, --"…the next hot market for wearable tech -- Grandma." Never mind that much of the tech wasn't wearable -- this one pushed me over the edge. So I looked around for other examples because I have seen it so many times -- there was the Huffington Post, 'reconstructing Grandma' and Amazon -- "Grandma Talks Tech (baby boomers take to iPads too!)'. And Popular Mechanics -- 'smart tech will take care of Grandma.'
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