It isn't far-fetched when Western sociologists and economists predict that, whether out of necessity or volition, many people will continue working all the way until their life's final pages. People will bounce around from job to job, go back and forth between fulltime and part-time work, change careers, or enroll in continuing education programs, learning and contributing back to society all the while.
這不是異想天開，不少西方社經學者已指出，在這樣的現實下，不論自願或非自願，許多人將永不退休，一直工作到生命終點；他們會跳槽轉業、進修充電、在全職與自由工作間來回轉換，並且不斷地學習與貢獻。