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In reply to the discussion: U.S. business executives call for raising retirement age to 70 [View all]DaveJ
(5,023 posts)Humans were not designed to sit and stare at a computer screen 8+ hours a day. Forcing someone to do that for 54 years is inhumane. It is actually stressful. At least people get to move around in jobs involving labor, getting some exercise is closer to what human were designed to do. Plus office jobs you need to exercise even more outside the job or you get to be 300 lbs, which of course is not paid, but necessary in order to have a white collar job.
Personally, I'm luck that in the course of my commute, I walk over 2 miles a day to and from work. At least I get some physical activity. But. I'm not sure how I'd make it if I could no longer walk that far every day. I do not see many people in their 60s doing it.
The broader issue is, with all out automation, we just don't need people working for no other reason than to keep a stupid financial system going.
(Oh, and another thing is, something I just thought of.... people often had to study for years to get these desk jobs, where many of them design new and better things... making them work longer because they studied more seems like punishment. I don't think people should be punished for trying harder and accomplishing more.)