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I do agree that the lack of a meaningful feedback loop seems to distort the opinions of the powerful - they’re isolated and they don’t even realise it. But then
by jahewson 3y ago
I do agree that the lack of a meaningful feedback loop seems to distort the opinions of the powerful - they’re isolated and they don’t even realise it. But then do most people’s opinions not ossify as they age? I don’t know many 50+ people changing their views on very much.
- denton-scratch 3y agoI'm 66. My views have changed a lot over the last 15 years; I've become more radical. (I think you're supposed to get more conservative as you age.)
- vuln 3y ago> I've become more radical. A midlife crisis will do that to you.
- JohnFen 3y agoAs an older person myself, I have come to think that it's more nuanced than that. There does come an age where we've largely settled on our worldviews, but I think that age is around the late 20s/early 30s, not the 50s. But even then, people can and do alter their opinions as they learn and experience things. It just takes more for that to happen. That's as true of a 60 year old as a 30 year old. I think it's a natural, explicable, and even good thing.