The correct answer is that people today mostly don't know the truth or even how to go about figuring it, so I will elucidate:
if you assume a lifespan of 78 for men and 82 for women, this means that first third of life = youth, second third = middle age and last third = old age, so 55+ is old by definition. At 30 you're on the cusp of late youth and early middle-age, hence not old.
Why are people suddenly labeled old at 30 ?
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The correct answer is that people today mostly don't know the truth or even how to go about figuring it, so I will elucidate:
if you assume a lifespan of 78 for men and 82 for women, this means that first third of life = youth, second third = middle age and last third = old age, so 55+ is old by definition. At 30 you're on the cusp of late youth and early middle-age, hence not old.