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> My late friend Stan Ulam used to remark that his life was sharply divided into two halves. In the first half, he was always the youngest person in the group;
by justinzollars 4y ago
> My late friend Stan Ulam used to remark that his life was sharply divided into two halves. In the first half, he was always the youngest person in the group; in the second half, he was always the oldest. There was no transitional period.
Agree.
- amatecha 4y agoYeah, this is happening to me now! the transition is happening quickly! :-O
- paulpauper 4y agopro sports. growing up, you are younger than the players, but around 35 or so you are older than most of them.
- randomsearch 4y agoFind this such an odd assertion, it doesn’t make sense. If you have peers around your age, and you continue to spend time with them (as friends, colleagues etc) then surely this is false. I wonder if it’s more of a reference to academia? Most people figure out academia and quit, others want to stay but don’t make it, so the pyramid scheme leads to only one of a cohort surviving?
- afc 4y agoI'm not in academia, I'm in the industry, and I find the claim very accurate. Sure, my ol' peers are around (sure, the sentence is false in the strict/pedantic sense), but the vast majority of people around me changed instantaneously. Replace "always" with "most of the time" and "instantaneous" with "much quicker than one would think" and such. In any case, if the claim doesn't make sense to you... it might some day.