As usual with Atlas U.S. General Discussion posts, this lacks context.
Here’s the start of the gentleman’s full quote - and you can see from the video on the page that he’s not exactly young:
“I guess I’m one of those people who plans never to retire. I mean, is bowling that interesting? Is fishing that interesting? I happen to love my work. Why do I want to stop it? It’s not like it hurts. Why would I stop it?”
Why is it objectionable for people who want to work in their senior years to be able to do so? And it is a blessing that many of us are not working in the type of manual labor, like years ago, where not retiring wasn’t an option.
People today are living longer and are generally healthier in old age. Whether to continue to work should be a personal decision. It’s a “great blessing” that some people can make that choice.
Do you honestly believe that this is why most people who aren't stopping working are doing so?
There are a fair number of seniors who work past 65 because they like their job, yes. Most? I don’t know.
But my main point is that Atlas (as usual) is taking the quote out of context to gin up unjustified outrage. The CIO was largely talking about himself.
