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Re:Embracing Sabbaticals, Sunsetting Retirement Age by jandrewrogers on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @02:10PM (#37311677)
The life expectancy of a US male at age 65 is an additional 17 years, from the government's actuarial tables [0]. Average life expectancies include people that die young, which primarily include risk factors that rarely affect people at retirement age.

[0] https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

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Re:Embracing Sabbaticals, Sunsetting Retirement Age by pcthrowaway on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @02:20PM (#37311781)
Survivor bias. The average age of death for a 40 year old is 81 years. And 75 years for a 20-year old.

So yes, if you continue surviving your chances of living to your delayed retirement age increase, but I still posit you'll enjoy time off work more when you're younger.

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