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(n.)
Online spaces predominantly populated by older generations, whether they are platforms the young have left behind or new ones built expressly for them.
Tech companies once chased college kids but now they head straight to the geriatriverse to launch the next big thing.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
Geriatric (from the Greek geras, old age, + iatros, healer) + -verse. Old age once meant a shrinking world; the geriatriverse reopens it. As the aging population looks to avoid loneliness and improve their healthspan, many will also have the time, money and technological comfort to become the new early adopters.
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