America's Over-80 Workforce: Surviving Paychecks and Forklifts, Not Retirement
KEY POINTS
- •Business Insider's Noah Sheidlower interviewed nearly 200 Americans aged over 80 working in fields ranging from real estate to forklift operation.
- •Bryan Johnson livestreamed a five-and-a-half-hour magic mushroom trip featuring guests Grimes and Salesforce's Marc Benioff for scientific exploration.
- •Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is considering renaming the company 'Agentforce' reflecting its increasing focus on AI-driven technology products.
Forget early retirement—America's fastest growing labor pool is folks over 80, hustling from forklifts in North Carolina to Uber rides and substitute teaching gigs across nine states. We met Patricia Willson, the 93-year-old with a fractured back worrying nightly if her pennies will outlive her, while Bill Miller, 82, masterfully juggles real estate and forklift driving like he’s auditioning for an action movie. Meanwhile, high-profile techies like Bryan Johnson livestream hour-long trips on magic mushrooms 'for science', featuring surprise guests Grimes and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff—who is so deep into AI he might rebrand Salesforce to Agentforce. Millennials meanwhile are busy turning Mom and Dad’s house into their personal storage monsters, drowning owners in prom dresses and yearbooks because apparently cleaning up is a Herculean task needed later during an apocalypse.
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When your job title is 'Forklift Driver' and age is 82, retirement's just a myth told by Social Security pamphlets.
Watching a centimillionaire livestream a 5-hour magic mushroom trip for 'science' is peak 2025 energy—and yes, Marc Benioff showed up like an AI-powered party crasher.
Millennials turning parents’ homes into storage units filled with broken dreams and Little League trophies: the only hoarding epidemic ignoring CDC guidelines.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/7/2025 | Author: Steve Russolillo
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