TheRedArchive

~ archived since 2018 ~

If life “speeds up when you get older” does that mean, subjectively, most of your life is over?

Eric Barker
November 7, 2011

 

From Oliver Burkeman’s Help! How to be slightly happier and get a bit more done:

We all know that time seems to speed up as we grow older – but according to studies at the University of Cincinnati in the 1970’s, this effect is so pronounced that if you’re 20 today, you’re already halfway through life, in terms of your subjective experience of how time passes, even if you live until you’re 80. And if you’re 40 – again, assuming you live to be 80 – your life is 71% per cent over. Basically, if you’re older than about 30, you’re almost dead.

TheRedArchive is an archive of Red Pill content, including various subreddits and blogs. This post has been archived from the blog bakadesuyo.

bakadesuyo archive

Download the post

Want to save the post for offline use on your device? Choose one of the download options below:

Post Information
Title If life “speeds up when you get older” does that mean, subjectively, most of your life is over?
Author Eric Barker
Date November 7, 2011 6:39 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Blog bakadesuyo
Archive Link https://theredarchive.com/blog/bakadesuyo/if-life-speeds-up-when-you-get-older-does-that.15074
https://theredarchive.com/blog/15074
Original Link https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2011/11/if-life-speeds-up-when-you-get-older-does-tha/
You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.

© TheRedArchive 2024. All rights reserved.
created by /u/dream-hunter