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An Ode to Being Old
getpocket.com ^ | 9/21/19 | Brad Stulberg

Posted on 09/22/2019 4:16:44 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

An Ode to Being Old

On the harder-to-measure benefits of age and experience.

What age is someone most likely to achieve their peak performance?

It's a good question, and a logical place to start is with cognitive flexibility, or the ease with which one can switch between thinking about two different concepts or think about two different concepts simultaneously. Lots of people call this “sharpness,” and research shows it peaks between the ages of 21 and 30. This aligns with the tech-driven narrative that youth is a key determinant of success. In the words of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, “Young people are just smarter.”

Not so fast.

Zuckerberg wasn’t just being uncouth. He was downright wrong, at least according to the latest science.

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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I’m the same age as AOC.

When it comes to brains or lack thereof in youth, your mileage may vary.


21 posted on 09/22/2019 11:00:29 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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One of the gifts of old age is perspective. Pretty much the only way to get it is to spend a considerable length of time observing the stupidity of others. And yourself.

And without perspective, all the knowledge in the world is useless.

22 posted on 09/23/2019 7:32:06 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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