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nkozyra on Oct 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: What If Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set?

I didn't say we shouldn't prolong life, I'm saying we should be proactive about the unintended consequences of longer lives in aggregate.

synkarius on Oct 22, 2014 [–]

Could you give an example of how to be proactive as such? I agree that being prepared is good, but I don't personally know enough about old-age care / geriatrics / Social Security to really be in favor of or against any particular policy changes.

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