Introduction: A 21st-Century Global Perspective on Aging and Human Maturity in Cultural Context Jay Sokolovsky Working with elders around the world has taught me that those living in grass huts in Africa with children at their feet are often happier than people in assisted-living homes with a chandelier over their heads. —Kiyota (2018) Photo 01.1 An IPal Robot entertains Chinese nursing home residents. (Siyi Chen. “The Companion: Inside China’s Experiment to Find Friends for 230 Mil- lion Old People.” Quartz, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GerHcmvGM4E)
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