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Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age

Veritasium · 8M views · 2016-02-10 · 7:41

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Overview

Veritasium explores why time seems to speed up as we age, covering chronoception and several competing explanations beyond the common proportional-theory argument.

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Cited in threads about perceived time as a good, detailed explanation of the effect.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2024

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Psychology & human behaviorNeuroscience & the brain
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activatedgeek · 2024-08 · Recommendation

This effect is very interesting. Veritasium covered this effect in a video [1] for the interested. [1]: [VIDEO] (2016)

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shmde · 2021-11 · Recommendation

There is a good video by Veritasium on this topic titled - "Why life seems to speed up as we age" [VIDEO]

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cornstalks · 2021-11 · Recommendation

That's a common argument. Veritasium explores this and IMO the alternative arguments are more compelling: [VIDEO]

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