Comments on: A planet full of Bicentennial men and women http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060626/3497/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:24:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060626/3497/#comment-191152 Sterling Camden Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:35:37 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060626/3497/#comment-191152 There have been lots of changes to human life that have impacted it enormously (not the least of which is the computer), and we always figure out ways to cope. If we started living a lot longer, we would colonize space, or start having fewer children, or get used to living on top of each other, or some combination. And we'd probably work longer, too. Because we can, and society adjusts to the resources it has available. Economics would not allow the work force of age 20-65 to support the population of age 65-1000. So you only get a long retirement if you live long compared to everyone else. And no matter how much money you have, it's never too much. There have been lots of changes to human life that have impacted it enormously (not the least of which is the computer), and we always figure out ways to cope. If we started living a lot longer, we would colonize space, or start having fewer children, or get used to living on top of each other, or some combination.

And we’d probably work longer, too. Because we can, and society adjusts to the resources it has available. Economics would not allow the work force of age 20-65 to support the population of age 65-1000. So you only get a long retirement if you live long compared to everyone else. And no matter how much money you have, it’s never too much.

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