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Re:Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it by ethbr1 on Thursday March 06, 2025 @08:29AM (#43279964)
I've attributed that to a decreased ability to deal with novel situations as we age. E.g. the world behaved differently than I was expecting.

One thing it's definitely possible and important to intentionally keep exposing oneself to!

Re:Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it by sgc on Thursday March 06, 2025 @09:09AM (#43280348)
I am definitely grumpy. What makes me grumpy is the fact that society keeps banging its head against a wall for no good reason.

There is everything there for growth, and yet I see none. I get very tired of knowing well what the boring, selfish reaction of the person I encounter is going to be. I am sure I do the same thing - and don't change much compared to what is available to me to make changes. I do not lead by example at all the way I would like.

Nonetheless, what makes me grumpy is lack of change, not the superficial appearance of change with which technology distracts us. Moral growth would be so refreshing to see, but I see none of it - despite virtue signalling as a veneer from all parts of society.

Said more colloquially, a lot of older people just grow tired of all our bulls*t.

Re:Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it by ethbr1 on Thursday March 06, 2025 @01:37PM (#43283550)
But all the objective bullshit still existed when we were younger! And it didn't bother us as much then.
Re:Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it by sgc on Thursday March 06, 2025 @04:16PM (#43285156)
I was much less aware of it when I was younger. Ignorance is bliss.
Re:Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it by megadata on Friday March 07, 2025 @06:25AM (#43289294)
Spot on. People learn to recognize it from miles ahead and in now what's up.