> you still have a (usually wrong) feeling that you can continue as if they were younger, and they see all the young hacks doing the same mistakes.. So if the s

> you still have a (usually wrong) feeling that you can continue as if they were younger, and they see all the young hacks doing the same mistakes.. So if the society could support these people in giving up, I think it would be helpful for everybody. I think many retiring people in this situation would be okay with having a period of companionship where they would work together with a younger professional until they feel they are able to work on their own, and then retire. It used to be a common practice in the past. But it would be less economical (from a short-sighted point of view) as two persons would have to be paid (even if not a full pay maybe) for the work of just one for some period, and of course there is no obvious way to prevent all kinds of loopholes and bad incentives, so it's just easier to do it like we do now, a local minimum caused by individual-centric policies.