--- description: Baby Boomers aren’t ready to get old, graduates will earn less later on if they accept unpaid internships and more. title: Baby Boomers Aren’t Ready to Get Old image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Baby Boomers Aren’t Ready to Get Old by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Baby Boomers aren’t ready to get old. Caring for them will alter the meaning of work and free time.**](https://psmag.com/social-justice/adapting-elder-care-to-the-future-of-work "undefined") By Jennifer Oldham in _Pacific Standard_ **2\.** [**If graduates accept unpaid internships, they’ll earn less later.**](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/jul/29/unpaid-intern-damage-graduate-career-pay "undefined") By Jamie Doward in the _Guardian_ **3\.** [**South Korean women will soon outlive us all. What’s their secret?**](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/south-korean-women-life-expectancy-kimchi "undefined") By Charlotte Edmund at the _World Economic Forum_ **4\.** [**More high schools are acting like startups. Here’s why.**](http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/why-more-and-more-high-schools-are-acting-like-startups/79602 "undefined") By Daniel Malloy in O_zy_ **5\.** [**This virtual reality training can help surgeons save the lives of infants.**](https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/22/how-vr-training-prepares-surgeons-to-save-infants-lives/ "undefined") By Dean Takahashi in _VentureBeat_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4880439/baby-boomers-arent-ready-to-get-old/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4880439/baby-boomers-arent-ready-to-get-old/"},"headline":"Baby Boomers Aren’t Ready to Get Old","datePublished":"2017-07-31T16:00:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:38.109Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4880439/baby-boomers-arent-ready-to-get-old/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Education","South Korea","Virtual Reality","Baby Boomers","internships"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4880439/baby-boomers-arent-ready-to-get-old/","name":"Baby Boomers Aren’t Ready to Get Old"}}]}] ```