{"id":82156,"date":"2026-04-28T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/?p=82156"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:24:28","slug":"outliving-the-algorithm-can-retirement-survive-the-100-year-lifespan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/en\/outliving-the-algorithm-can-retirement-survive-the-100-year-lifespan\/","title":{"rendered":"Outliving the algorithm: can retirement survive the 100-year lifespan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d743f10315a948780697730b72a79ff7\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Executive summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The traditional retirement model &#8211; a stable career, a generous pension, and a predictable two decades of leisure &#8211; is buckling under the weight of demographic and economic change. As life expectancy climbs toward triple digits and birth rates fall, both governments and individuals are being forced to rethink how retirement is funded, structured, and experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By 2050, 1.6 billion people will be 65 or older, and reaching 100 will become increasingly common.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falling birth rates mean fewer workers supporting more retirees, pushing our existing pension systems to the breaking point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Governments around the world are implementing pension reforms and incentivising later-life work to keep ageing populations financially supported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Labour force participation among older workers is rising globally, driven by both financial necessity and the proven benefits of staying engaged.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nearly a third of generative AI users have sought retirement advice from chatbots, but more than half who acted on that advice reported making poor decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The decades ahead will require individuals to engage with retirement planning in ways that feel unfamiliar and, at times, uncomfortable. But the tools, knowledge, and policy frameworks to support better outcomes are steadily improving. Those who plan earlier, think longer-term, and remain adaptable to changing circumstances will be far better positioned than those waiting for the system to solve the problem for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For much of the twentieth century, retirement followed a reassuringly predictable arc, at least in most developed countries. You worked, often for the same employer across the span of your career, and your pension largely took care of itself. Defined benefit plans accumulated quietly in the background, bolstered by a high-interest-rate environment that made long-term growth relatively dependable. When the working years ended, the transition into retirement was, for many, a smooth handoff: public pensions and employer plans converted decades of contributions into a stable monthly income. Whatever you\u2019d tucked away on your own was a nice cushion, but the system itself was the safety net. And for millions of people, it worked. But that model is now under serious strain, and one of the central forces reshaping it is, paradoxically, a triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past decades, life expectancy has risen steadily across much of the world, a direct result of medical advances that have transformed how we prevent, treat, and manage disease. People are living longer, healthier lives, and by almost any measure, that is worth celebrating. But longevity doesn\u2019t arrive without complications. As lifespans have extended, birth rates across many regions have fallen sharply. Fewer children mean fewer workers entering the labour force and fewer contributors to the pension schemes that millions of retirees depend on. Governments have responded by doing what they often do when a system becomes financially untenable: shifting more of the responsibility onto individuals themselves. As a result, a growing share of workers around the world is now being forced to reconsider what retirement means and how to prepare for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote quote-stat is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThanks to biotech innovation, healthier lifestyles, and good genes, more people are hitting the triple digits. That means your retirement could last 30 or even 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite><em>Joe Petry, founder and certified financial planner at Mayfair Financial<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An ageing world: the data behind the new demographic transition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>People today are living longer than previous generations. Combined with falling birth rates, it\u2019s placing enormous pressure on our existing pension systems.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helping people live well for longer has always been a central mission of the life sciences and healthcare industries, and the progress made in that regard over the years has been nothing short of extraordinary. Advances in medicine, science, and technology have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/ideas\/longevity-retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extended<\/a> human lifespans far beyond what previous generations could have expected. By 2050, one in six adults worldwide, or roughly 1.6 billion people, will be aged 65 or older. Even more impressively, nearly 450 million will be over 80, a fifteenfold increase from 1975. \u201cThe truth is, living to 100 isn\u2019t rare anymore,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/living-to-100-is-becoming-more-common-here-s-what-you-should-do-to-prepare-for-retirement-11867168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a> Joe Petry, founder and certified financial planner at Mayfair Financial. \u201cThanks to biotech innovation, healthier lifestyles, and good genes, more people are hitting the triple digits. That means your retirement could last 30 or even 40 years &#8211; basically, a second adulthood without the 9 to 5.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two distinct forces are driving this demographic transformation. The first is a steep decline in birth rates. Women today have one fewer child on average than they did in 1990. As a result, the global birth rate has dropped from 3.3 to 2.3, with more than half of all countries falling below the replacement level of 2.1. The second is rising longevity itself. Thanks to better healthcare and improved living standards, average life expectancy across G-7 countries climbed from 77.6 years in 1995 to 83.0 in 2024. By 2050, that figure is projected to reach 86.4. Crucially, the quality of those added years has improved too. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fidelityinternational.com\/static\/fidelity-international\/media\/international\/PDF\/download-material\/fil-the-longevity-revolution-oct25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to<\/a> the IMF, the cognitive ability of a 70-year-old in 2022 was comparable to that of a 53-year-old from two decades earlier, while their physical capacity was similar to that of a 56-year-old. People are staying sharper and more capable deeper into life than at any other point in recorded history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The flip side of living longer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>However, these two trends have also had a less favourable effect on existing pension systems. With fewer workers entering the workforce, there is now a shrinking pool of contributors supporting a surging population of retirees. As a result, a growing number of people worldwide can no longer solely rely on pensions provided by the government or their employers as their primary source of income in retirement. Instead, they are increasingly forced to piece together their own retirement funding through defined contribution plans, personal retirement plans, and personal non-tax-advantaged accounts, all of which come with their own risks and trade-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue is further exacerbated by the fact that most people fail to account for the increased life expectancy when planning for retirement. A significant number of adults over 50 underestimate how long they\u2019ll need their savings to last. Most plan around average life expectancy, budgeting for roughly 15 to 20 years of retirement. Assuming they retire at 65, this would get them to about 80 or 85. But averages can be misleading. Pew Research Center estimates that 3.67 million people worldwide will reach 100 by 2050 &#8211; eight times more than in 2015, when around 451,000 managed to achieve the same feat. Many of us will outlive national averages by a wide margin, which also means that we\u2019ll need our retirement savings to stretch further. And while we may not be able to predict with any certainty who among us will reach 100 years of age, it would be foolish not to prepare for the possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The uncertainty is making many people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsbc.com.au\/content\/dam\/hsbc\/au\/docs\/pdf\/future-of-retirement-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feel<\/a> anxious. In the United States, fewer than half of working adults aged 50 to 75 believe they\u2019ll be able to cover basic living expenses in retirement using guaranteed income sources alone. Similarly, 62% of working-age people in Australia are worried about declining state pensions, while an equal share are concerned about the growing number of people needing retirement support. Globally, 61% of working-age adults are concerned that economic uncertainty could affect their ability to save for retirement, while only 21% feel confident they\u2019ll be financially comfortable when they retire. Around 44% believe low interest rates will force them to work longer than planned, while nearly a third think state pensions may not even exist by the time they\u2019re eligible to claim them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rethinking retirement in the age of automation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Governments and employers alike are taking active steps to account for ageing populations, as workers get accustomed to the idea of remaining employed after 65.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faced with pension systems under mounting pressure, governments across the developed world have begun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imd.org\/ibyimd\/talent\/longevity-three-trends-that-redefine-how-we-live-and-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">making<\/a> structural adjustments &#8211; some incremental, others more ambitious. Singapore, for instance, has expanded its Central Provident Fund, increasing savings for people who continue working past 55 to boost their income security in old age, while also incentivising later-life employment through wage subsidies and re-employment grants. Japan, home to one of the world\u2019s oldest populations, similarly has explicit policies and incentives that encourage the hiring and retention of older workers. Denmark, on the other hand, has introduced a flexible retirement scheme known as Fleksydelse, which allows older workers to gradually scale back their hours while continuing to receive partial benefits. Each of these measures, different as they are in design, reflects the same underlying reality: working past the traditional retirement age is no longer an exception but an increasingly common feature of the modern work landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employers are responding in kind by making flexible retirement pathways, portable benefits, mid-career financial planning support, and employer-sponsored learning accounts a key component of their workforce strategies. Principal Financial Group in the United States, for instance, has rolled out an informal, phased retirement programme that allows employees to transition to part-time roles with adjusted benefits. Siemens AG in Germany offers a similar arrangement, giving workers a gradual on-ramp to retirement rather than an abrupt exit. Unilever has introduced lifelong learning accounts and flexible working arrangements that support employees across different career stages. Beyond helping individuals manage longer careers, these programmes give organisations a way to retain accumulated knowledge and experience that would otherwise walk out the door at 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playing the long game<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the individual level, attitudes toward retirement are shifting too, partly by necessity, partly by choice. Labour force participation among workers aged 55 to 64 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2025\/06\/longevity-economy-growth-every-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">risen<\/a> by 7% since 1992, and in some countries, the change is even more pronounced. In Japan, 80% of workers say they want to keep working after reaching the traditional retirement age, and 1 in 4 people over 65 remain employed. The reasons go beyond financial pressure. Work provides structure, social connection, and mental engagement, all of which play a key role in healthy ageing. One study tracking around 83,000 older adults over 15 years found that those who continued working past the traditional retirement age of 65 were up to three times more likely to report good health than those who stopped. Another study has found that an additional year spent working before retiring correlated with an 11% lower risk of all-cause mortality for healthy retirees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, \u201cworking longer\u201d is not a universal prescription that applies equally to everyone. The benefits of extended work depend heavily on what kind of work we\u2019re talking about. A knowledge worker easing into a part-time consulting role at 68 is in a very different position from someone whose career has involved decades of physical labour, such as construction, nursing, or factory work. For many people in physically demanding jobs, continuing past 60, or even 50, may be neither realistic nor healthy. Any honest conversation about extending working lives has to consider both of these things at once: the evidence that staying engaged can be good for many people, and the recognition that for others, the freedom to stop working is not a lifestyle preference but a health necessity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote quote-stat is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf used thoughtfully, AI can help people start planning for retirement earlier, set clearer goals, and make more informed decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite><em>Courtney Alev, a consumer financial advocate at Intuit Credit Karma<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An AI financial advisor in your pocket<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Millions are turning to AI chatbots for retirement guidance, drawn by the ease of use, the speed of response, and the low price.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With retirement prospects feeling increasingly uncertain, a growing number of people are turning to AI for help navigating the complexity. According to a survey of more than 1,000 people conducted by Intuit Credit Karma, nearly one-third of those who have used generative AI for financial guidance said they sought its help specifically around retirement savings. And it\u2019s easy to see why this trend is picking up pace. AI chatbots are accessible around the clock, respond in seconds, and typically cost nothing to use, which is a very attractive proposition for people who can\u2019t afford a professional financial adviser or simply don\u2019t know where to find one. \u201cAI is filling a gap for millions of people who may not have access to traditional financial guidance,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/08\/business\/retirement-planning-ai-chatbots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a> Courtney Alev, a consumer financial advocate at Intuit Credit Karma. \u201cIf used thoughtfully, it can help people start planning for retirement earlier, set clearer goals, and make more informed decisions.\u201d However, using AI for financial guidance also comes with some serious risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chatbots can produce advice that is inaccurate, overly generalised, or poorly matched to an individual\u2019s actual circumstances. They can miss critical context, misread a financial situation, or project a confidence that the underlying analysis doesn\u2019t warrant. More importantly, they carry no legal accountability for the guidance they give. Human financial advisers operate under regulatory frameworks that require them to act in clients\u2019 best interests and to disclose conflicts of interest. AI tools have none of those obligations. \u201cIf ChatGPT gives you bad advice, if you end up getting traded ahead or front-run by one of these large language models, they will not go to prison,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/ideas-made-to-matter\/want-to-use-ai-to-plan-your-retirement-heres-how-to-proceed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explains<\/a> Andrew Lo, a finance professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. \u201cThere is no actual fiduciary duty in the sense of bearing consequences. So you\u2019ve got to take their advice with a pound of salt.\u201d And it\u2019s more likely to happen than you might think: more than half of those who acted on financial advice from AI admit they ended up making a poor financial decision or a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial advisors generally agree that AI can be a useful starting point. However, any advice it doles out needs to be evaluated carefully before being acted upon. \u201cYou need to be educated because ultimately, it\u2019s your life, it\u2019s your wealth,\u201d adds Lo. \u201cYou need to bear responsibility until such time as large language models can bear such responsibility.\u201d It\u2019s also a good idea to consult with a professional before committing to any specific course of action. \u201cWhen you use AI for retirement planning, remember, the model doesn\u2019t know you &#8211; it only knows patterns in its training data,\u201d says Chris Cochran, vice president of AI security at SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training company. \u201cIt might sound confident, but its investment outlook is unlikely to match your real risk tolerance, which is why a human check is still essential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why Elon Musk Says Saving for Retirement Could Be Useless Within 20 Years\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DdM-xde1zFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will AI make retirement savings obsolete?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Some predict AI-driven abundance will eliminate the need for retirement savings, but history suggests that betting your future on wildly optimistic forecasts would be a major gamble.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A small but vocal group of thinkers has started to argue that the whole premise of saving for retirement may soon be obsolete, and that we\u2019ll already have everything we need, without having to put anything away for a rainy day decades hence. Elon Musk, never one to shy away from a sweeping forecast, has become the most visible proponent of this view. \u201cDon\u2019t worry about squirrelling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years\u2026It won\u2019t matter,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/elon-musk-retirement-ai-robots-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on a recent podcast. His logic is based on the assumption that AI and robotics will drive productivity so dramatically that scarcity will simply disappear. Goods and services will be abundant, a universal high income will become a reality, and the financial pressures that make saving so critical will no longer apply. \u201cIf any of the things that we\u2019ve said are true,\u201d Musk argues, \u201csaving for retirement will be irrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most experts, while broadly agreeing that AI will reshape the economy in meaningful ways, part company with Musk on this particular point. Some have described his comments as misleading, risky, or outright dangerous. Their main argument is that even if AI delivers enormous productivity gains, those gains won\u2019t automatically eliminate the need for individual savings. \u201cEven in a richer economy, gains are likely to be uneven and uncertain, so people must still save, in case the future does not unfold as predicted,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-retirement-savings-wealth-ai-abundance-personal-finance-experts-2026-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a> Olivia Mitchell, director of Wharton\u2019s Boettner Center on Pensions and Retirement Research. Interestingly, even Musk himself has acknowledged the potential downside of a world where earning a living becomes unnecessary, warning that a society freed from the need to work may face a deeper crisis of meaning and social unrest. \u201cIf you actually get all the stuff you want, is that actually the future you want?\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/01\/12\/elon-musk-retirement-savings-irrelevant-ai-robots-abundance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a>. \u201cBecause it means that your job won&#8217;t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>History does bear out the broad point that technological progress generates growth and, over time, raises the value of investments. But technological progress has also always been uneven in its pace and partial in who benefits from it. Past cycles of innovation, from industrialisation and electrification to the digital era, each produced enormous aggregate gains alongside significant disruption and inequality. Expecting AI to be different in this regard requires a degree of confidence that the historical record doesn\u2019t quite support. Technology may well <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knysnaplettherald.com\/News\/Article\/Business\/will-technology-make-retirement-savings-obsolete-202602041009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reshape<\/a> how wealth is created in the decades ahead, but a 70-year-old in 2045 will likely still need a reliable monthly income to cover rent, food, healthcare, and everything else that comes wit h daily life. Abstract promises of future abundance won\u2019t pay those bills. And whatever economic transformation AI ultimately delivers, it is unlikely to arrive uniformly, or on a timeline that makes today\u2019s savings decisions irrelevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-afa245f08f99fc1e629cf1d578780eb1\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Closing thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Retirement used to be something that happened to you. A date on a calendar, a farewell lunch, a shift from one chapter to the next. For a growing number of people, though, it\u2019s becoming something that has to be actively and continuously constructed &#8211; across decades, across changing circumstances, and against a backdrop of genuine uncertainty about what the future holds. And the discomfort many people feel about their retirement prospects isn\u2019t simply a failure of discipline or foresight. The ground really has shifted beneath a system that was built for a different demographic reality, a different economic environment, and a considerably shorter human lifespan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s emerging in its place isn\u2019t yet fully formed. Governments are slowly adjusting to the new reality, employers are experimenting, and individuals are navigating a new retirement landscape that offers more tools than ever &#8211; and more ways to get it wrong. Living longer is, on balance, a good thing. But a longer life also demands a longer view, as well as a willingness to engage with questions that feel distant until, suddenly, they don\u2019t. Perhaps the most useful shift any of us can make is to stop thinking of retirement planning as a discrete task to be completed once and set aside, and start treating it as an ongoing part of how we manage our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longer lives, shrinking pensions, and new technologies are forcing individuals to rethink everything they assumed about planning for 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