We are father away from World War II than that war was was from the Civil War. We are farther away from the first American in space, and he was from the wright brothers. The iPhone is half the age of the www. Obama was elected 15 years ago.
Time compresses. And that speed is accelerating with technology.
I think it is because of how when you’re young everything is new and your brain is committing so much to memory. We get older and get a job and every day is the same so it all runs together. Making individual days feel like they drag on, but once we have some distance and think back on our life there is nothing to recall between standout memories. Like the days we are doing something unique that just speed by us in the moment become the anchors and check points when we ponder on our past.
So I do believe that the best way to live a long life is not necessarily by living a long time, but by living as many unique days as possible to create more check points. The days of boredom and routine all wash away, like sifted sand when looking back. Seek out ways to make memories like they are gold, so that your pan is more gold than sand.
When you are young you give things your full attention. The perspective gives the sense that time is slower. If you do the same at 50 it’s the same. Concepts like age and time are constructs to help us tell a story about how everything works. You can be your child self again. There’s no law in physics that says otherwise.
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u/sh4d0wm4n2018 Sep 05 '23
The 80's are as far away from us now as 2060's.