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Post by rmarks1 on Nov 24, 2018 21:37:13 GMT -5
Dammit! They're just coming out with this when I'm 77!
Bob
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Post by raybar on Nov 25, 2018 12:47:16 GMT -5
What? You want to live forever?
Good news for coming generations - "live long and prosper" and so on. But looking ahead in time, do you think any problems might arise if people lived to an average age of 200?
- massive population increase as babies continue to arrive but older people aren't dying
- water, food, housing, and employment shortages due to increased demand outpacing available resources
- additional greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere
- large increases in long-term investment messing up the stock market
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Post by faskew on Nov 27, 2018 8:29:59 GMT -5
Aside from health, the main "quality of life" decline that I see is lack of money. And more jobs in the near future won't offer retirement or other benefits. Here in the US we already have lots of people trying to live entirely off Social Security, and that's only about $1,400 per month for those on the bottom. Add in over-priced medical stuff and it's a dismal picture. Live to 200 under a bridge? Begging in the street? Nah. Not worth it.
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Post by rmarks1 on Dec 2, 2018 23:50:56 GMT -5
Aside from health, the main "quality of life" decline that I see is lack of money. And more jobs in the near future won't offer retirement or other benefits. Here in the US we already have lots of people trying to live entirely off Social Security, and that's only about $1,400 per month for those on the bottom. Add in over-priced medical stuff and it's a dismal picture. Live to 200 under a bridge? Begging in the street? Nah. Not worth it.
If you're going to live to 200 and you're in good health, then you should be able to go back to school and learn a new profession.
Bob
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Post by faskew on Dec 3, 2018 8:08:37 GMT -5
But who would pay for the training? And with robots taking more jobs every year, what professions would still be open to humans?
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