What if becomes super cheap?
I think immortality would be bad for humanity, but ~40 more productive years would be beneficial. Currently we take 25 years of preparation in order to work 35.
I think immortality would be bad for humanity, but ~40 more productive years would be beneficial. Currently we take 25 years of preparation in order to work 35.
A lot of life now is ordained on the idea that we don’t live forever and we can’t see change in our lifetimes… but if the lifetime is forever - well, I’m gonna fight to make it better immediately cause then I have forever to enjoy it.
I can go into a longer diatribe here, but the short story is:
1) Most people have a hard time finding jobs at any age. Recent college grads can't all be wrong. :)
2) There is always a strong reversion to mean
3) Most of the people in their 50s or 60s whom I hear complaining were an outlier for employability for their age group in their 20s and 30s (e.g. straight out of Stanford).
Most older people I know are /very/ employable, and don't complain. Another pathway:
- Finish a state college. Have a very hard time finding a first job.
- Work up the career ladder, and build up a resume, reputation, and track record.
- Much easier time finding jobs in their 50s and 60s than straight out of college or early career.
Some of this also has to do with bust/boom cycles. People who entered the workforce during recessions had a hard time finding a job in their 20s, and then found things comparatively easy. People who entered during a boom cycle are the opposite.
Ageism might still exist but significantly pushed back.
Where I live, no one struggles to buy insulin. And if there is any kind of anti-aging treatment available, I don't doubt it will be offered to the general population without much ado. Compared to the rising cost of the pension systems in aging populations, treatments like that would be probably "dirt cheap".