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Experience is what gets you ahead in life. Smarts help, but experience outweighs intelligence in the most important life decisions. Ask yourself, do you want a

Experience is what gets you ahead in life. Smarts help, but experience outweighs intelligence in the most important life decisions. Ask yourself, do you want a smart 25 year old running the White House? Or an experienced 50 year old?

amelius 2y ago
At this point anyone younger than 60 would have my blessing :)
throw__away7391 2y ago
25? No. 35? Definitely. Somewhere around 60 should be the maximum age to run.
- dbsmith83 2y ago
  How old are you? Usually this introduces a lot of bias in what your idea of a reasonable age is :)
  - throw__away7391 2y ago
    A lot closer to 50 than 25.
- ghusto 2y ago
  Maybe somewhere around 60 is a good cut-off point, but 35 is still too young to have gathered necessary life experience to make you suitable.
  - Ekaros 2y ago
    Retirement age minus 4 would be reasonable compromise for me. So you would not be allowed to run if you would hit retirement age during term.
    - mcny 2y ago
      > Retirement age minus 4 would be reasonable compromise for me. So you would not be allowed to run if you would hit retirement age during term. I don't want to give them even more excuse to raise the retirement age.
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  - amelius 2y ago
    20-30 year olds might disagree with you. It is perhaps unlikely their specific interests are well served by a much older person. "The country as a whole" is a very abstract concept.
    - ghusto 2y ago
      For sure. It's not a co-incidence that I keep raising the age I think you're old enough to know enough, the older _I_ get ;) I'm aware of the ridiculousness of this, but what can I do? You don't know what you don't know, and the alternative is to say you only know enough at the end of your life :)
      - throw__away7391 2y ago
        I am now a good bit past this age, but I think 33 is a good enough age for almost anything, assuming that we are talking about the exceptional individuals who could get nominated at this age in the first place. I have seen some studies floating around that the most successful age to start a business is 45, so maybe that's closer to ideal, but in any case you will never convince me that the best age is in your late 70s.
      - amelius 2y ago
        It is not just what you know, but also how well your age group is represented.
        ghusto 2y ago
        This is something I hadn't considered, and bears thinking about. In about 50 years, we're going to be top heavy by a long way. Most people on the planet will be over 60, with a small population of people working to support them. Politicians will be pandering to this old (majority) demographic, whilst the needs of the young who are actually running society can be unheard. I'll be one of the (very) old ones if I'm still around, and I'm not looking forward to this development.
- vharuck 2y ago
  Age limits don't make much sense. People who want them usually choose based on average mental capabilities for that age. But we don't vote for "the average American" (no matter how much they campaign on that image). We vote for specific candidates based on their speeches, previous work, and ability to manage. If we want to exclude people from running because of fears of dementia, we should demand cognitive tests, not stereotyping rules.
  - throw__away7391 2y ago
    That's completely absurd, there are tons of rule already about who is allowed to run as well as term limits which by that logic should be eliminated as well.

amelius 2y ago

At this point anyone younger than 60 would have my blessing :)

throw__away7391 2y ago

25? No. 35? Definitely. Somewhere around 60 should be the maximum age to run.

dbsmith83 2y ago
How old are you? Usually this introduces a lot of bias in what your idea of a reasonable age is :)
- throw__away7391 2y ago
  A lot closer to 50 than 25.
ghusto 2y ago
Maybe somewhere around 60 is a good cut-off point, but 35 is still too young to have gathered necessary life experience to make you suitable.
- Ekaros 2y ago
  Retirement age minus 4 would be reasonable compromise for me. So you would not be allowed to run if you would hit retirement age during term.
  - mcny 2y ago
    > Retirement age minus 4 would be reasonable compromise for me. So you would not be allowed to run if you would hit retirement age during term. I don't want to give them even more excuse to raise the retirement age.
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- amelius 2y ago
  20-30 year olds might disagree with you. It is perhaps unlikely their specific interests are well served by a much older person. "The country as a whole" is a very abstract concept.
  - ghusto 2y ago
    For sure. It's not a co-incidence that I keep raising the age I think you're old enough to know enough, the older _I_ get ;) I'm aware of the ridiculousness of this, but what can I do? You don't know what you don't know, and the alternative is to say you only know enough at the end of your life :)
    - throw__away7391 2y ago
      I am now a good bit past this age, but I think 33 is a good enough age for almost anything, assuming that we are talking about the exceptional individuals who could get nominated at this age in the first place. I have seen some studies floating around that the most successful age to start a business is 45, so maybe that's closer to ideal, but in any case you will never convince me that the best age is in your late 70s.
    - amelius 2y ago
      It is not just what you know, but also how well your age group is represented.
      - ghusto 2y ago
        This is something I hadn't considered, and bears thinking about. In about 50 years, we're going to be top heavy by a long way. Most people on the planet will be over 60, with a small population of people working to support them. Politicians will be pandering to this old (majority) demographic, whilst the needs of the young who are actually running society can be unheard. I'll be one of the (very) old ones if I'm still around, and I'm not looking forward to this development.
vharuck 2y ago
Age limits don't make much sense. People who want them usually choose based on average mental capabilities for that age. But we don't vote for "the average American" (no matter how much they campaign on that image). We vote for specific candidates based on their speeches, previous work, and ability to manage. If we want to exclude people from running because of fears of dementia, we should demand cognitive tests, not stereotyping rules.
- throw__away7391 2y ago
  That's completely absurd, there are tons of rule already about who is allowed to run as well as term limits which by that logic should be eliminated as well.