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Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social

are we talking about killing old people?

aug 22, 2025, 9:43 pm • 1 0

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social

no just saying that basically we’ll have to advance retirement age proportionally as we increase lifespan.

aug 22, 2025, 9:45 pm • 2 0 • view
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John Q Public @conjurial.bsky.social

In the strange hypothetical where people just didn’t age, you could imagine all sorts of retirement-like schemes: 10 years off for 40 years in, work every other year, don’t retire at all but have a 20-hour work week, w/e

aug 22, 2025, 10:10 pm • 3 0 • view
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Dan Miller @meelar.bsky.social

That seems like a fair tradeoff? If you're healthy and active until 120, no reason we couldn't bump up the retirement age too.

aug 22, 2025, 10:11 pm • 3 0 • view
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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social

man I don’t want to work to 105 or whatever.

aug 22, 2025, 10:26 pm • 3 0 • view
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Dan Miller @meelar.bsky.social

I don't want to die at 80!

aug 22, 2025, 10:27 pm • 4 0 • view
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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social

working to 60, having a secure retirement for 20 years, and then rapidly dying at 80… doesn’t sound so bad!

aug 22, 2025, 10:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social

well I mean, in terms of how we abolish aging and senescence.

aug 22, 2025, 9:46 pm • 2 0 • view