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Humans live for a very long time despite what people say. Consider that from the year 2000 to 2025 a person may have earned up to 5 masters degrees, traveled to 15-25 countries, gone through 3-4 different cultural styles, and are under 40, not a government worker, and not close to being retired.
Their lifespan might be 80-95 years old and would be considered about a teenager or adolescent in their gene group when contrasted to someone with a lifespan of 60 years on average. The comparisons do not match up year for year when contrasting the life of a 15-20 year old whose life was designed by advanced policy makers.
Most peoples lifespan in the US have increased to at least 70 to 85, the goal is home ownership or residual income by age 35 and to get rid of most poverty programs in the US. They are used by less than 5% of the population and a lot of it is technically fraud but not too many people care. It helps them to live good and nobody has to deal with their personality disorders.
Considering that there are 329M people in the US, if everyone on welfare lived in Los Angeles, the rest of the country would be self sufficient and not in need of government assistance for any financial reasons. A large portion of that population would also have all taxes paid, and a smaller portion no problems with the law.
ComparisonsReturning to the examination of the 15 year old with the 60 year lifespan. The pinnacle of their life might be high school and early college. There would be lots of excitement, friends, colleges, research papers, jobs and internships. The first apartment and a few significant others. Maybe even a home purchase or small retirement account. Then life would settle down and they'd be close to 50 before they wanted to try something new. Within a few years, they'd see their final resting day and it'd be likely that they can attain a few things they really had their eyes set on during those last few years.
Lets compare the 40 year old who may now possibly live past 100 unless the younger humans displace them. They may be able to work full time at 40-50 hours and still have time for those awesome vacations, until 85 initially. Then they'd have to slow down, in preparation for that final day on Earth. They might likely have some favorite vacation spots, and their home might be comfortable enough to stay their more often instead of going out on the town every weekend, or at least a few times a year. Jobs don't last very long anymore, only 5-6 years for most employers and people make more money so they don't have to bother the government in between jobs.
In most states, 16 through 18 are old enough to date anyone as old as they like. California, will even allow a 14 year old to date up to a 24 year old if there are no illegal behaviors. The stigma of not dating someone within 5 years of a persons age is gone. This has added a context to human breeding or reproduction in a world that is overpopulated by humans.
The maximum recommended age for a male to have a child is about 54, for women its under 40. While some people have advanced medical facilities that allow healthy children at later ages, those are not realistic for most of the population.
Most people starting families will also only be having 1-2 children.
This adds a context, meaning the environment and parameters of a situation for human life in the future. Its important to older people because they will likely need elder care. They might have to do what the younger people say is important. Its important to younger people because they will have to figure a lot of things out on their own, including setting up their home environments and learning about human breeding algorithms. The population will want to be maintained at an accurate level.
Besides this human behavior update, most relationship dynamics have stayed the same. Its up to the individual to find someone that is compatible with their behaviors and relationship needs.
People don't like talking about money. Its not something a lot of people care about. While this conversation is important, it is often a todo list in adult conversations. Because a lot of government programs are going away, its important for an adult to be able to say "I don't have enough money". This can help with completing an assessment and making a determination or decision for various bits of data.
Normally, an assesment has just a few questions and then a meeting is held to make sure this never happens again, or that the time in between these meetings are as long as possible without the person suffering or facing embarasment.
A lot of people ask themselves, the last two questions every few years when they are looking for something new or want to explore their environment.
This is the age when many things are new and exploring is a big theme. However, exploring can be dangerous even for adults. While the amount of danger that can be encountered while leaving home is in decline, its still important to document inconveniences when trying something new.
Teenagers are often exploring sexuality. Its important to keep in mind that a girl can get pregnant every 9-10 months for very many years and this is not desirable to other humans. Keep in mind lifespan and new ages to start families.
Income is a lot easier than it used to be that makes it easier to save for the first apartment, figure something out for mom and dad if they are on programs, or to just have money to go out with friends and buy your own school supplies and clothes. This will change soon to make things a little easier in between early twenties and mid thirties. For teenagers, this might not change much until later in the future unless they or their parents voice a concern to other humans.
School is an important part of being an American. Most jobs, use skills from 6th to 9th grade or from high school. The reason people go to college is because they like being in school and like studying. They also like being around other people that like to study. However, school requirements for jobs are in decline and a person can often switch jobs with 1-2 semesters of college. Its unlikely people will have to be in school for 4 years every time they want to switch jobs.
There is a lot of data in examining age groups. People split off into age groups for different reasons, mostly because their age group is the most comfortable and the one they can relate to the most. Over the last 15 years, friendships among different age groups have been increasing and people may find comfort in a culture or style instead of a specific age.
TravelingTraveling will be important in the future and is what people refer to when talking about mobility. Climate change has highlighted the need for traveling and mobility.