What the future holds for us academics?

[Anonymous No.3057720]

I'm guessing a lot of people on this board are hovering around the 18-30's. With some hitting their late 30's-60's. This isn't for the ones already reaching retirement, this is for the rest of us.

Social security will be dried up years before we get to a point of retirement for those of us just breaking into our 20's. How should we go about preparing to have money to survive after we're replaced in our jobs for being too old? We can't all expect to get tenure, and most of us are going into fields and paths that don't warrant a future of wealth.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.3057727]

At our age it's unlikely that we'll still be old once we hit 'retirement age'

And then there is the whole matter of the technologies that would make a practically post-scarcity leisure economy possible will likely be invented.
The future isn't going to be quite as shit as you may think.

[Anonymous No.3057740]

>The future isn't going to be quite as shit as you may think.

Ah, Inudares

[Anonymous No.3057745]

>>3057727
>post-scarcity leisure economy

AWEEEE YEAH

[Anonymous No.3057763]

>>3057727

I understand what could be, but isn't it a bit... disadvantageous to not plan because of something that "might happen" within our time. Good things in the future don't happen because it's supposed to, it happens because people put their ass on the line and do hard work until a good outcome is achieved.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.3057782]

>>3057763
>Good things in the future don't happen because it's supposed to, it happens because people put their ass on the line and do hard work until a good outcome is achieved.
Which is what I intend to do, and I know loads of people on /sci/ that feel similarly.

[Anonymous No.3058047]

>>3057720 Social security will be dried up years before we get to a point of retirement

Nope. That's just some derp amoral politicians are trying to convince you of. If you believe that you will accept cuts to social security instead of blaming them for taking money out of it to fund wars and tax cuts for billionaires.

[Anonymous No.3058060]

>>3057782
So do you have a real plan or just hawking your imaginary country on one of Australia's national parks?

[Anonymous No.3058066]

by the time I'm the old 80s will be the new 20s and I'll be making for my lost time now that i wasted away on 4chan.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.3058086]

>>3058060
Do have a real plan but I've already said i'm not starting any serious planning until 2020 when I've determined whether I can fund further operations.

[Anonymous No.3058106]

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>>3057727
go hide yourself futurists.

You're basically gazing in a crystal ball. events that correspond with time are very chaotic and unpredictable.

[ek No.3058179]

and listen to alan kay.
work hard 90% of the time. be free and crazy 10%.
look up Academic in the dictionary – it's an adjective. Not an noun.