I sometimes kinda have this attitude that this whole situation is just completely hilarious and absurd, i.e. that I believe what I believe about the singularity and apocalypse and whatnot, but that the world keeps spinning and these ideas have basically zero impact. And it makes me laugh. So when I shrug and say “I’m not saving enough for retirement; oh well, by then probably we’ll all be dead or living in a radical post-work utopia”, I’m not just laughing because it’s ambiguously a joke, I’m also laughing because this kind of thing reminds me of how ridiculous this all is. :-P
I’ve been going with the compromise position of “saying it while laughing such that it’s unclear whether you’re joking or not” :-P
The people who know me know I’m not joking, I think. For people who don’t know me well enough to realize this, I typically don’t make these comments.
I sometimes kinda have this attitude that this whole situation is just completely hilarious and absurd, i.e. that I believe what I believe about the singularity and apocalypse and whatnot, but that the world keeps spinning and these ideas have basically zero impact. And it makes me laugh. So when I shrug and say “I’m not saving enough for retirement; oh well, by then probably we’ll all be dead or living in a radical post-work utopia”, I’m not just laughing because it’s ambiguously a joke, I’m also laughing because this kind of thing reminds me of how ridiculous this all is. :-P
What if things foom later than you’re expecting—say during retirement?
What if anti-aging enters the scene and retirement can last, much, much longer, before the foom?
Tbc my professional opinion is that people should continue to save for retirement :-P
I mean, I don’t have as much retirement savings as the experts say I should at my age … but does anyone? Oh well...