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As the pace of innovation in healthcare continues to increase exponentially, 40 will be the new 30 and eventually the new 20. People who are 40 now might live t

by jrbapna 10y ago

As the pace of innovation in healthcare continues to increase exponentially, 40 will be the new 30 and eventually the new 20. People who are 40 now might live to 120. Am I being too optimistic? Probably. But I wouldn't be surprised if a whole lot of us live a LOT longer than our grandparents did.

meddlepal 10y ago
What will be age of retirement in the future is an interesting question. I'm not sure I want to live to 120 if it means I cannot reasonably retire until I'm 95.
- orangecat 10y ago
  I'm not sure I want to live to 120 if it means I cannot reasonably retire until I'm 95. So working is literally worse than death?
  - meddlepal 10y ago
    No, not at the moment, but 60 something years from now it probably will be; that's a lot of time to spend making bits flip so some man or woman I'll likely never meet can be advertised to in some new innovative disruptive way (or whatever mundane/evil task your industry is involved in).
- tttkk 10y ago
  It takes 5-10 years of work to retire. http://www.amazon.com/Early-Retirement-Extreme-Philosophical-Independence/dp/145360121X http://www.amazon.com/Early-Retirement-Extreme-Philosophical... http://earlyretirementextreme.com/ http://earlyretirementextreme.com/
  - meddlepal 10y ago
    Sure if you want to live your life like a robot for five years then it's totally doable. That approach takes extreme discipline which most people do not have. Also kids throw a wrench into that strategy.
- jrbapna 10y ago
  It's actually quite possible that AI and machine's will replace a lot jobs by then and there'll be a basic income guarantee for all. See https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income
  - davesque 10y ago
    I sincerely hope that's how such a future would pan out.
davesque 10y ago
I'm a little mystified when people say this since it seems to me that access to healthcare is only getting harder. Many routine health services are already prohibitively expensive for many people to purchase. What makes people think that anti-aging therapy would be within the reach of the average person?

by jrbapna 10y ago

meddlepal 10y ago

What will be age of retirement in the future is an interesting question. I'm not sure I want to live to 120 if it means I cannot reasonably retire until I'm 95.

orangecat 10y ago
I'm not sure I want to live to 120 if it means I cannot reasonably retire until I'm 95. So working is literally worse than death?
- meddlepal 10y ago
  No, not at the moment, but 60 something years from now it probably will be; that's a lot of time to spend making bits flip so some man or woman I'll likely never meet can be advertised to in some new innovative disruptive way (or whatever mundane/evil task your industry is involved in).
tttkk 10y ago
It takes 5-10 years of work to retire. http://www.amazon.com/Early-Retirement-Extreme-Philosophical-Independence/dp/145360121X http://www.amazon.com/Early-Retirement-Extreme-Philosophical... http://earlyretirementextreme.com/ http://earlyretirementextreme.com/
- meddlepal 10y ago
  Sure if you want to live your life like a robot for five years then it's totally doable. That approach takes extreme discipline which most people do not have. Also kids throw a wrench into that strategy.
jrbapna 10y ago
It's actually quite possible that AI and machine's will replace a lot jobs by then and there'll be a basic income guarantee for all. See https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income
- davesque 10y ago
  I sincerely hope that's how such a future would pan out.

davesque 10y ago

I'm a little mystified when people say this since it seems to me that access to healthcare is only getting harder. Many routine health services are already prohibitively expensive for many people to purchase. What makes people think that anti-aging therapy would be within the reach of the average person?