[ExI] instilling ambition

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 19 20:27:32 UTC 2013


On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 2:19 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> One problem for the developed societies has never been encountered before.
> There are now fewer and fewer children appearing as the population ages.
> This has many implications for the next 30 years.
>
> Will resources be moved to caring for the old rather than developing the young?
> What are the prospects for the young when the old are in the majority?
> Will an ageing society be much interested in dynamic exploration?
> Interesting times.

Hopefully we can keep the aging population healthy into triple-digit
ages.  I'd consider a major success when the term "geezer" evokes an
image of an able-bodied centenarian who perhaps incessantly reminisces
rather than the current image of frail and feeble old person.

"Interesting times"  - yeah.



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