SilasBarta comments on Politicians stymie human colonization of space to save make-work jobs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 19 July 2010 04:36:47PM 1 point [-]

But aren't the Boomers at the end of their careers now? It seems it would have to be a problem with a later cohort for this to be a major issue now.

Comment author: James_K 20 July 2010 04:51:43AM 3 points [-]

The ones in politics aren't at the end of their careers, that means that legislatures as a body will be more likely to consider making people change jobs to be unthinkable than the average person.

You are right though, over the next decade or so, this hypothesis would predict that demand for job security will fall over the next 10-20 years as the Boomers retire.