Brent Huisman

Hi! I'm Brent, a Dutchie working in France on proton therapy. I studied particle physics and I'm interested in everything that fits through a glass fiber.

Old people shouldn't complain

society ageism

At least not in the Netherlands. A solid piece of research journalism calculates exactly how well off the elderly are in the Netherlands. Recent budget cuts have ignited debate on who is worse off, and a fairly new party for the elderly manages to be very vocal about their suffering and young people being so well off.

Read this article for a full and complete deconstruction of that myth.