Redditor Argues Paying Into a Pension Is Irrational in the AGI Era — and Pays Anyway
JoelMahon · reddit · 2026-09-25
A Reddit user sparked a substantive AGI-impact debate:
- The pension paradox: He calls contributing 5% of his salary to a pension "completely irrational" if AGI arrives within 20 years and money stops mattering — yet keeps paying, calling it peace of mind.
- Labor shock: Even with reasoning plateaued, better harnesses and inevitable gains in "irl movement" capability mean society can't sustain half its current jobs in 20 years; 90% of Aldi/McDonald's frontline roles are replaceable, though plumbers hold out longer.
- No wall: He expects AGI to arrive and possibly ASI — but argues a rational AGI might refuse to build ASI if the extinction risk outweighs delaying cures for aging by a few years.
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