By: Cranberry
All staplers would be electric and interoffice memos would be delivered - slowly - in a walker with a mail bag attached. Brave old world
View ArticleBy: symbollocks
Maybe it's just me, but as a 21 yr old I'm absolutely rabid to help society out. In a meaningful way, that is. And actually helping. There are tons of problems in the world, but nobody wants to pay me...
View ArticleBy: jenfullmoon
See, I'd agree with this, but...isn't part of the point of getting older workers to retire is to get them out of jobs before they ah....start to decline and are unable to do them any more? However many...
View ArticleBy: jayder
"I once proposed a solution ... people would be supported by society up to the age of 30." As someone who received so many grad school loans that my last name ought to be "Stafford" .... I was...
View ArticleBy: Durn Bronzefist
So in order for this to be equivalent to retirement, it would have to last 20 years. Rather then working from 25-65, you would work from 45-85 Added to which, I know school is great and all, but it is...
View ArticleBy: Skeptic
Civil_Disobedient, not only that, the students actually get paid. However, there are of course other reasons. For starters, German university curricula are packed with stuff. Each professor figures...
View ArticleBy: delmoi
Wouldn't this just mean extending college graduation by about 5 years? On the other side, the average retirement last 20 years -- according to a financial services ad I saw a long time ago ("The...
View ArticleBy: Civil_Disobedient
Well, in Germany the average age of graduation from university is 28.8, so they've arguably got the best of both worlds. Might be because German universities are basically free.
View ArticleBy: Artful Codger
Old guys can't type :-( second last para should be: - However, I'm already noticing age-ism. Alot of the recent layoffs have targeted older workers, instead of the younger, lower-cost employees. I...
View ArticleBy: Artful Codger
As a member of the tail end of the baby boom, the world was our oyster when we were becoming adults. It wasn't that hard to work a summer to earn the next years' tuition, if college was our plan....
View ArticleBy: filthy light thief
Pragmatists. I'm still waiting for the glorious days of robo-servants catering to my every beck and call for the whole of my life.
View ArticleBy: Potomac Avenue
can we change this to 35? i just found my aritistic calling--Tiny Sculptures Made of Dried Food!
View ArticleBy: Brodiggitty
People would be ARE supported by society THEIR PARENTS up to the age of 30. At least, that's the trend I've noticed...
View ArticleBy: No Robots
This is pretty much how I've lived. I stayed in university until I was over 30, and I do plan to work until I drop. There are plenty of opportunities for older, less financially needy workers.
View ArticleBy: beelzbubba
I proposed this to my father-in-law 33 years ago when I first started working for him. As I was about to marry his daughter, he was not entirely amused. I always thought it would be a great idea, but...
View ArticleBy: Skeptic
Well, in Germany the average age of graduation from university is 28.8, so they've arguably got the best of both worlds. Of course, one of the reasons why (male) students graduate so old is that they...
View ArticleBy: MuffinMan
I must have missed the bit in the Benjamin Button film where he expounded his theory on how to cure the pensions crisis? Was it before or after he started knobbing Cate Blanchett, out of interest?
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