Retirement is a concept that only really existed post World War II. They’re haven’t been many generations over the last 10,000 years that I’ve been able to just magically stop working and live off their saved money.
I don’t think this is true. There’s a ton of evidence of societies where elders were taken care of by the rest of their group, maybe still participating in some labor, but in significantly less demanding labor
Retirement is a concept that only really existed post World War II. They’re haven’t been many generations over the last 10,000 years that I’ve been able to just magically stop working and live off their saved money.
I don’t think this is true. There’s a ton of evidence of societies where elders were taken care of by the rest of their group, maybe still participating in some labor, but in significantly less demanding labor
The Incas had social security for the ill, disabled and elderly.