Comment Re:yes it is too early to think about it (Score 1) 91
Don't worry.
First of all, retiring is only a viable option when society (and the insurance companies) know that you are going to kick the bucket (statistically) soon after starting to cash out on the retirement money.
"Retiring" as a concept will be abolished, because the only reason for retiring is growing too old to be a productive cog in the machinery.
Sidenote: I wonder how people would do things differently with regards to their work if they were, essentially, never going to die of age.
Of course, society would be a bit... different with people not dying of age - think of all the long-term investment issues. Plus Earth running out of space really really really quickly instead of just inevitably as it is now.
What, you thought people would stop having children just because no one will die of age?
(For some speculation on how people might behave when they are longer lived, feel free to peek at some of R. A. Heinleins books about the Howard Families - "Methusaleh's Children" might be the most appropriate in this context)
First of all, retiring is only a viable option when society (and the insurance companies) know that you are going to kick the bucket (statistically) soon after starting to cash out on the retirement money.
"Retiring" as a concept will be abolished, because the only reason for retiring is growing too old to be a productive cog in the machinery.
Sidenote: I wonder how people would do things differently with regards to their work if they were, essentially, never going to die of age.
Of course, society would be a bit... different with people not dying of age - think of all the long-term investment issues. Plus Earth running out of space really really really quickly instead of just inevitably as it is now.
What, you thought people would stop having children just because no one will die of age?
(For some speculation on how people might behave when they are longer lived, feel free to peek at some of R. A. Heinleins books about the Howard Families - "Methusaleh's Children" might be the most appropriate in this context)
