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As I age, I realise that time speeds by faster. A year in prison now would a much smaller punishment than when I was in my teens, when a year seemed like foreve
by foxylad 15y ago
As I age, I realise that time speeds by faster. A year in prison now would a much smaller punishment than when I was in my teens, when a year seemed like forever.
Perhaps we need an age-related transform to prison sentences.
- hvass 15y agoEngage in novel activities - time "speeding up" is pretty common as you age. Read about it here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122322542 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1223225...
- crusso 15y agoWhy would we want to take the perceptions of the criminal into account when sentencing?
- berntb 15y agoIt is totally opposite, a year is much more precious to me now. Count the number of good years you have left, with the health+energy to do what you want. I heard this week that the knees are failing on a relative of a friend, which is my age. When you were young, the years stretched in front of you, endlessly. These days I think things like "Japan is so fascinating that I would love to live there a while, but I just can't use a work year to learn the language and the writing system. I need that time for other things."