Some demand for workers scales well, virtually unlimited. Yet many are not. And as tech quickly takes more and more jobs, older workers contribute to the competition for shrinking demand for human labor.
Now advances in tech may continue to increase demand for workers elsewhere, once training and workers catch up. Or maybe not as much as roles are lost.
> older workers contribute to the competition for shrinking demand for human labor.
Posted a similar request elsewhere, but I think you need to substantiate this claim.
Furthermore, if you're claiming that tech destroys jobs in the general economy, then the consistent position would be that young or old should stop working in tech, not just older people. But the research I've seen shows that tech jobs generate non-tech jobs on net.
So what if demand scales differently. Should foreigners go back home to leave jobs to nationals? Should women stay home to leave jobs for men? Unless you answer yes to those, why would you choose another arbitrary category like age to do the same?
I hope you're never old with people around you that think the same as you think now. Either you can do the job or not.
I didn't choose the category, the question was why not work late in life. I proposed one likely downside.
As to immigration and women and others, it can be argued the end game of every able bodied adult working until death is quite dark -- even if it begins with most of them finding some enjoyment in it.
When I'm old I hope my family encourages me to find joy and meaning outside employment, once the finances have been secured for retirement.
Now advances in tech may continue to increase demand for workers elsewhere, once training and workers catch up. Or maybe not as much as roles are lost.