It's well known there's a serious problem facing today generation and the several that follow: aging populations i.e. demographic winter. This excellent video was posted on RoK some time ago:
I've got two grandpas and a grandma that are still alive. One grandpa is 100, other is 96, grandma is 96 too I think. They definitely beat some odds, but look at the following article and chart:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/...100-likely
I knew that demographic winter is a major issue, but the extent never really hit me until I looked at this chart.
What I take from this chart is we need to drastically re-think our concept of retirement age and "The Golden Years".
People in our generation will need to work much later and start collecting social security benefits at 72 instead of 62. There's gonna be a whole hell of a lot of crotchety old people wandering around. And just because people live longer doesn't necessarily imply that their health will extend as well. I think we'll still see people develop degenerative diseases at the same ages, they'll just live with them longer.
Some existence. We'll have a society of old farts with bad knees, bad backs, and bad insides complaining nonstop and leeching massive amounts of resources.
Me? I'll be doing squats til I'm 70 and retired in a jungle bungalow with my harem of southeast asian princesses.
I've got two grandpas and a grandma that are still alive. One grandpa is 100, other is 96, grandma is 96 too I think. They definitely beat some odds, but look at the following article and chart:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/...100-likely
I knew that demographic winter is a major issue, but the extent never really hit me until I looked at this chart.
What I take from this chart is we need to drastically re-think our concept of retirement age and "The Golden Years".
People in our generation will need to work much later and start collecting social security benefits at 72 instead of 62. There's gonna be a whole hell of a lot of crotchety old people wandering around. And just because people live longer doesn't necessarily imply that their health will extend as well. I think we'll still see people develop degenerative diseases at the same ages, they'll just live with them longer.
Some existence. We'll have a society of old farts with bad knees, bad backs, and bad insides complaining nonstop and leeching massive amounts of resources.
Me? I'll be doing squats til I'm 70 and retired in a jungle bungalow with my harem of southeast asian princesses.