We May Not Have to Age So Fast

Re:We May Not Have to Age So Fast by OJFord on Monday October 28, 2019 @07:29AM (#21375972)

Is there anything special about the (absolute) number 30? Surely it's just saying roughly 'for the first [resp. last] half of your life'?

Tangentially, is that actually 'a Hindu saying' - all I can find are other people quoting Jobs and claiming the same - or is it just something a guru said that Jobs happened to like and remember?

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Re:We May Not Have to Age So Fast by vrc on Monday October 28, 2019 @09:52AM (#21376964)

Anecdotally my grandfather from India used to tell my father something similar as a child (and then him me), and he was born in the 1910’s in a village and very unaware of Jobs throughout his life. So I am confident that it’s from some Indian/Hindu school of thought. Only difference was he said “work hard first 30//enjoy next 30”.

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Re:We May Not Have to Age So Fast by sunstone on Monday October 28, 2019 @11:02AM (#21377574)

Ah, so he had it backwards :)

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