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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.

by ghusto 2y ago

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.

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.

by 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.