Birthrates are slowing, which over time will create labor shortages. The emergence of the "knowledge economy," which gives precedence to organizational skills and experience is dissolving traditional notions about age in the workplace, to the point that perhaps some day the very concept of retirement will sink into obsolescence.
當人類平均壽命不斷延長，少子化帶來的勞動力短缺，以及知識經濟時代對統整能力及經驗的倚賴等等因子催化下，過去以「年齡」作為職場進出標準的傳統思維，已面臨徹底解放。一旦職場的年齡歧視與所謂的「銀色天花板」被打破，今天的「退休」觀念，在未來也將，退休。