Re:Life Is a Ponzi Scheme (2009)
by sam0x17 on Sunday November 03, 2019 @09:06AM
(#21433938)
The OP does not mention that as healthcare improves, the average retirement age increases. This might not be enough to solve the problem of the collapsing pyramid, but it is certainly a factor. 100 years from now, we could be living in a world where people retire at age 80 or 90.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Life Is a Ponzi Scheme (2009)
by rsmckinney on Sunday November 03, 2019 @02:41PM
(#21436070)
Retirement itself is a 20th century concept that requires a ponzi scheme to work. Unfortunately the family unit that used to support its elderly members unable to support themselves no longer exists in America. Instead we have nursing homes which amount to concentration camps for our elderly. But that’s okay, most of us are good nazis and deny that reality in trade for an uninterrupted screen viewing experience.