> it squanders societal resources to exempt able-bodies people from work simply because they’re old. That sounds like the kind of a decision a paperclip maximi

> it squanders societal resources to exempt able-bodies people from work simply because they’re old. That sounds like the kind of a decision a paperclip maximizer would make to me. "Societal resources" not being squandered is a perverse thing to optimize for. Consider two worlds: 1) A world that automatically makes N widgets, and people could add an additional N widgets but choose not to 2) A world that automatically makes 0 widgets, and people add an additional N widgets because they choose to If you're going for "not squandering societal resources" as the main metric of a society's value, world 2) is strictly superior, because people waste less time on frivolities like leisure and pleasure. I'm open to arguments, though, that we should spread more leisure and pleasure around the age distribution instead of backloading it. I expect I'd be convinced, even.