and i am also an attorney here in san francisco, and to quote, another late attorney, the great oliver holmesis action and passion you should engage in the action and passion of their life in the peril of being judged not to have lived. i am here to tell you that i have been engaged and passionate about the issues shaping san francisco and district five at every step of the way. now, is that engagement and passion for me comes from my up bringing. now, i never fought in the vietnam war, i never experienced it. and i wasn't even born until it was all over. but, nonetheless, i cannot help but feel, that most of my life has been shaped by that war's battles. my father was a combat soldier, he returned from the war with many of the same ailments as other veterans including posttraumatic stress des order which left him 100 percent disabled. folks i watched my father, who was a very proud man, beg, with the government for the benefits he deserved. and i watched my father, again a very proud man, have to raise his family in public housing, and feed his family with food stamps. it was not until my fa

you know, oliver wendell holmes said can you not cry fire in a crowded movie theater unless there isnd here the question is, you know, does this type of speech, does this rise to the level of a false government warning or a false threat to the government? because if it does, then perhaps he can be prosecuted. and it's not so clear cut that he can't be in this particular case. but the end, the issue is can you rely on this? who are these people? where is the basis for the foundation what they're saying? why should we rely on it? you know, you can't jump the gun and just, you know, go with it. there are too many nuts out there posting crazy stuff like this guy. >> yeah. avery, do you think that the laws will change with the technology that they just haven't caught up with this? do you see that happening in the future? >> well, that's a wonderful question. actually technology is so far ahead of where our laws are both federal and state. you know what? it's always going to be a struggle, susan, between trying to stop anti-social behavior in these tweets and freedom of expression under th

oliver wendell holmes wrote that in 1858. in 1972, sir john glove, a british historian wrote a pamphlet called the fate of empires, 1972. he wrote that the great empires, each flores for around 250 years, and this seems to be the space allotted for imperial hegemony. too long leads to decadence. as the family goes from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves. the empire goes from the pioneers, innovators, bureaucrats from exploration and exploitation to decadence, the quest for world approval, the welfare state, and squabbles over inherited wealth. a notable feature, declining nations, the loss of fiscal energy. suggesting that the state of human organism is no different from the family. both recapitulate human individual tendencies. >> the individual as human, of of with predictable directions. the human my live to be 120 years but no longer and will decay through predictable stages as will the family. however wealthy and the state, however powerful. now, we see we are at the our word and of the 250 years and see the signs positive. we

hamer: there's a famous quote from oliver wendell holmes, which is that if you want to live a long life, the best thing to do... is go out and advertise for some long-lived parents. the reason for that, of course, is that aging and dying, like many aspects of our health, are at least partly controlled by our genes. people that have long-lived parents are more likely to live a long life. narrator: but genes are not always destiny. studies show that many of the physiological changes that occur later in life can be avoided, or slowed down by choosing a healthy lifestyle long before the physiological changes that occur later in life become apparent. things that help people age successfully are things that our moms probably taught us: eat right, exercise, stay involved and active. people who age well really do seem to be folks who have maintained a lot of physical and cognitive kinds of activity. the fact is, many seniors do not eat adequately, for reasons not necessarily related to their physical condition, or to their economic well-being. dr. lipson: most of our frail seniors in this count