I'm in a terrible mood but here is some emotional alchemy for you.

Survival comes first, but really living is survival.  Getting older does not mean an end to being young at all!!!  As long as a person is daring, risking and taking adventures and maintaining themselves they are forever young.   This BS about getting angry, cynical, pessimistic, foolish and living primarly through technology is just about the stupidest idea I have ever heard!   Anyone who practices courage can find that anything is possible eventually, but most of us are too something to build up that courage in the first place.