The 'Peak at 60+' Phenomenon
Should companies be required to have age-diverse hiring quotas, given that older workers often bring superior thinking and judgment?
B1: Should companies have to hire a certain number of older workers? Do you think older employees have valuable experience that younger workers don't have yet?
If we can reverse biological age by 10-20 years, should health insurance companies be required to adjust their premiums based on biological rather than chronological age?
B1: Imagine science could make your body 10-20 years younger. Should health insurance prices be based on how old your body is, not how many years you have lived?
Is the concept of full retirement at 65 an outdated luxury we can't afford, or a hard-won right we should protect?
B1: Is retiring completely at 65 an old idea that doesn't work anymore? Or is it something important that people fought for and we should keep?
Would you personally choose to live in an intentionally age-diverse community, or do you prefer being around people in your own life stage?
B1: Would you like to live in a neighbourhood with people of all ages? Or do you prefer to live near people who are similar in age to you?
Is planning for a 100-year life optimistic and smart, or does it risk making people too conservative with their choices?
B1: Is it a good idea to plan your life as if you will live to 100? Or does this make people too careful and afraid to take risks?
Is our youth-obsessed culture actually holding back innovation by ignoring the creative peak that many people hit in their 60s and beyond?
B1:Our society often focuses on young people. Do you think this means we miss good ideas from people who are 60 or older?
Would widespread access to age-reversal therapies create an even more unfair society, or would it actually level the playing field?
B1:If treatments to make people younger became available to everyone, would this make society more fair or less fair?
Should people who choose to work past 70 receive tax incentives, or does this unfairly compete with younger workers needing opportunities?
B1: If you decide to work past the age of 70, should you pay less taxes, or is this unfair to younger people who are looking for spots to open to fill for work?
Should cities offer tax incentives for multigenerational housing projects, or let the market decide how we organize ourselves by age?
B1: Should governments help pay for buildings where grandparents, parents, and children can all live together? Or should we let people choose naturally where they want to live?
Should marriage evolve to include "sunset clauses" or renewal options every decade if we're living to 100+?
B1: If people live to 100 or more, should marriage change? For example, should couples decide every 10 years if they want to stay married?
Do you think starting over professionally at 60+ is brave and inspiring, or does it reflect poor planning earlier in life?
B1: When someone changes their career completely after age 60, do you think this is courageous, or does it mean they didn't plan their life well?
Is pursuing cellular age reversal a wise use of medical resources, or should we focus on treating diseases rather than aging itself?
B1: Should doctors and scientists spend time and money trying to reverse aging? Or is it better to focus on curing diseases like cancer and heart disease?
Is the "portfolio career" model truly liberating, or just a privileged reframing of economic insecurity?
B1: Some people have several small jobs or projects instead of one main career. Is this a good, free way to work? Or is it just a nicer way to describe not having a stable job?
Is the trend toward age integration fixing a problem that didn't exist, or addressing a real crisis of loneliness and disconnection?
B!: These days, more places are mixing young and old people together. Is this solving a real problem of loneliness? Or was there never really a problem?
Would you rather know you'll live to exactly 100 and plan accordingly, or keep the uncertainty but possibly die at 75?
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Would you prefer to know for certain that you will live to 100? Or would you rather not know how long you will live, even if it might be only 75 years?
Should we restructure education so that advanced degrees and major career training are more accessible and normalized for people over 50?
Should it be easier and more normal for people over 50 to go back to university or learn new job skills?
Should there be limits on how much someone can reverse their biological age, or should people be free to become as biologically young as science allows?
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If we could make our bodies younger, should there be rules about how young? Or should people be allowed to become as young as possible?
Would you rather have mini-retirements throughout life or one long retirement at the end - and why?
Would you prefer to take several long breaks during your working life, or have one big retirement when you're older? Why?
Do age-gap friendships (20+ years difference) offer unique value, or are generational differences too hard to bridge meaningfully?
Can friendships between people who are 20 or more years apart be really special? Or are the differences between generations too big?
Is it selfish or sensible to have children in your 50s if you expect to live healthily to 100?
If you will probably live healthily until 100, is it okay to have children when you are in your 50s? Or is this unfair to the children?
Is the narrative of "late bloomers" actually patronizing - shouldn't we just recognize that people bloom continuously throughout life?
We call some people "late bloomers" when they become successful later in life. Is this term a bit rude? Maybe people can be successful at any age, not just "late."
If your partner could reverse their biological age by 20 years but you couldn't afford to, would that be a relationship dealbreaker?
Imagine your partner could pay to make their body 20 years younger, but you don't have enough money to do the same. Would this be a big problem for your relationship?
Should companies be allowed to offer retirement packages to push out older workers, or is this age discrimination disguised as generosity?
Sometimes companies offer money to older workers so they leave their job. Is this okay, or is it really a way to get rid of older people while pretending to be kind?
Should dating apps remove age filters to encourage more age-diverse relationships, or are age preferences a legitimate personal choice?
Dating apps let you choose what ages you want to see. Should they remove this option so people meet more different ages? Or is it okay to choose the age of people you want to date?
Should education financing models change to allow people to take out "mid-life loans" for retraining at 50, expecting 30+ more working years?
Should banks give loans to 50-year-olds who want to study and learn new skills for a different job? After all, they might still work for 30 more years.