How to Age Gracefully | CBC Radio
Why Hacker News recommends it
Commenters bring it up in threads about life advice and aging as the best advice they have heard, namely to ignore advice and do your own thing.
What it is
A five-minute CBC Radio WireTap farewell video in which people of all ages offer words of wisdom to younger people. The advice is short and funny, and keeps coming back to the point that nobody really knows what they are doing.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2019 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec nntwozz · 2025-11 · on “Don't be a scary old guy: My 40s survival strategy with charm”
Best advice on this topic: How to Age Gracefully | CBC Radio [this video] [Spoiler] "Dear 91-year old, don't listen to other people's advice. Nobody knows what the hell they're doing. Signed, a 93-year old." [Edit] This was originally passed down to me through RSS from: [LINK]
Strong rec Jamesbeam · 2026-01 · on “I'm 34. Here's 34 things I wish I knew at 21”
The best advise I ever got was this. [this video] Don’t listen to other people’s advice. Nobody knows what the hell they’re doing. Just do your own thing.
Cites gregmac · 2019-01 · on “Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age”
This reminds me very much of the video How To Age Gracefully [1]. One thing I think is missing is a "From: a x year old" for each bit of advice. I think the advice to someone in their 20's would be quite different coming from someone in their 30's vs 70's, and that in itself could be very interesting. [1] [this video] 4m40s