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by Chyzwar 2895 days ago
> - what will the retirees (~60+ y/o) do with their time? Not a small issue, I'm not thinking about economical consequences but simply social consequences & people's well-being. For some people, their job means A LOT, and once they retire, they don't know what to do. My dad is an example: R&D engineer, worked a lot until he retired, nowadays he just roams around the house (a sad view).

Retirement age will move up. At some point, the retirement age in Poland for man was 67 years. (recently reverted). People in retirements will gradually become more active (better health, more opportunities).

> - what is going to be the impact of such a huge number of older people on the moral views & technical progress? As you know, many older people grow more & more conservative ("stuck in their ways") or even reactionary as they age. This creates a serious number of potential issues with social progress and probably technological as well.

You have Brexit and Trump as examples where older voter population bring "interesting" results. There will be positive effects as well. People have fewer children and would focus more on upbringing and education. Less competition for jobs would also help to balance technology displacing whole sectors.

> -at worst- a throw-back in some areas (look how HARD sexual freedom -in the broadest sense- has been hit those last 10 to 15 years, will you expect conservative/reactionary people to hold liberal views on that?).

It would work another way as well. Our generation (younger) will take sexuality and democratic freedoms as granted and as we age our conservative baseline would be more liberal than our parents.