AlexAP
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Imagine you live until 80, in that case the middle part of your life was at 40, right? Not at all. The time perception pill is brutal.
The more you age, the faster time goes by in your psychological perception. When you are 8 years old, 1 year feels like a very long time. At 60, it feels like nothing. When you are 80 years old, the middle part of your life, from a psychological perception, was not 40, but 20.
(This would be true even if we take away the first 5 years of your life.)
There are scientific studies that show that the strongest memories that people at very old age (around 80) have are the memories from their late teens and early 20s. This has deep implications for your life: You are what you were in high school and college. Your inner self will stay the same after your formative years. And TIME WILL FLY BY LIKE CRAZY. If you think time goes by fast in your 20s, wait until your 30s, 40s, 50s ...
But Neil Armstrong went to the moon when he was 39, right? So his memories of when he was 39 are stronger than his memories from his teens, right? Gigacope. Even Armstrong has stronger memories from his teens and early 20s than when he was 39. Only the public knows about him when he was 39. In his mind, his formative years still felt more intense. This means that even if you achieve great things later in life, your self-esteem and happiness will still depend on your formative years.
The time perception pill is brutal.
The more you age, the faster time goes by in your psychological perception. When you are 8 years old, 1 year feels like a very long time. At 60, it feels like nothing. When you are 80 years old, the middle part of your life, from a psychological perception, was not 40, but 20.
(This would be true even if we take away the first 5 years of your life.)
There are scientific studies that show that the strongest memories that people at very old age (around 80) have are the memories from their late teens and early 20s. This has deep implications for your life: You are what you were in high school and college. Your inner self will stay the same after your formative years. And TIME WILL FLY BY LIKE CRAZY. If you think time goes by fast in your 20s, wait until your 30s, 40s, 50s ...
But Neil Armstrong went to the moon when he was 39, right? So his memories of when he was 39 are stronger than his memories from his teens, right? Gigacope. Even Armstrong has stronger memories from his teens and early 20s than when he was 39. Only the public knows about him when he was 39. In his mind, his formative years still felt more intense. This means that even if you achieve great things later in life, your self-esteem and happiness will still depend on your formative years.
The time perception pill is brutal.
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