The Chinese in the past numbered their days and years on a 60-year cycle ( the sexagenary cycle). As I am now settling into my second revolution of this cycle I was interested in research from the London School of Economics suggesting that the demand for "unpaid care" provided by children for elderly parents may exceed supply by 2017. The LSE argues that there is a need to develop support technologies to fill this gap.
Of course, there will also be a need for someone to supply luddite curmudgeons like me (fortunately not yet dependent upon my offspring) with the knowledge and expertise to manage the technology. This is often more difficult that producing the gizmo in the first place.
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