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by shoto_io 1807 days ago
Isn't it a classic rate equation? If all young people die immediately, sure, we're in deep shit. But with increasing productivity and improved health care a graceful decrease should be possible.
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Increasing productivity in geriatric care basically means robots taking care of people.

I am not saying that it is impossible, but it is definitely hard. Which means psychologically hard, too. Without contact with living people, you are likely to go mad in your bed, even if your physiological needs are taken care of.

> increasing productivity

Is it, in any real terms?

> and improved health care

Doesn’t this make the problem worse? I.e. longer lifespan for the aging population, and even more demand for healthcare professionals from the limited set of younger workers.

I'm talking about "health span" and not "life span".
They aren’t independent. Also you said ‘healthcare’. If healthcare produces health span, then it is still being consumed.