The Long Tomorrow — The New Inheritance Gap & The Rise of Intergenerational Gridlock (7)
The Clock Is Slipping & No One Is Rewinding It
What happens when the next generation never arrives — because the last one never leaves?
In the seventh article of The Long Tomorrow, I look at a growing crisis: Intergenerational gridlock.
People are living longer than ever — especially those with wealth to pass down. But that longevity is delaying everything that used to follow it:
Inheritance. Leadership transitions. Homeownership. Adulthood itself.
Wealth now transfers at 65 or 75 — or even later in life. Board seats don’t turn over. Promotions stall.
And as AI, robotics, and life-extending biotech accelerate, these delays will only deepen.
This is cultural frustration and a structural breakdown.
When life stretches to 100+, what happens to a society built on passing the torch at 65?
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