Overview
- Witt says her generation “keeps things running” and credits it with building much through diligence and discipline.
- She cites encounters with indecisive twenty-somethings, contrasting them with her cohort’s tendency to “just get on with it.”
- She questions whether younger people possess sufficient resilience.
- She argues older adults are a vital part of society and that aging-related change should be embraced rather than problematized.
- Reports note she was born in 1965, won Olympic figure skating titles in 1984 and 1988, and now runs Potsdam’s Kurvenstar studio and serves as patron of the “Inklusiv gewinnt” sports festival.