society with a maximum age limit theme
We imagine a society in which people may not live beyond a certain age. They may for example be killed or exiled once they reach a specific age.
5 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng4x22 | choice | Timicin's society had an age limit of 65, upon which people were expected and required to kill themselves |
| futurama2x10 | major | People were hauled off by robots to a retirement world upon reaching the age of 160. |
| movie: Logans Run (1976) | major | We saw a computer-run society in which a stable population was maintained through indoctrinating people with the belief that that ritual suicide was a necessity of life. |
| movie: The Last Child (1971) | minor | The government implemented a policy to stop supplying senior citizens with life saving medicines in an effort to prevent overpopulation. |
| shortstory: The Last Man (1929) | minor | People were generally put into gas chambers when they could no longer work for twelve hours per day. |