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We were much younger so 16 years ago did not feel recent. Subjective time speeds up as we age, probably based on how long a give period is vs the rest of your
by stuaxo 10mo ago
We were much younger so 16 years ago did not feel recent.
Subjective time speeds up as we age, probably based on how long a give period is vs the rest of your life.
16 years was a much bigger % of your life then than it is now.
Think of 2 year old, a year ago was half their life !
- medstrom 10mo agoThe 2 y/o example isn't very good, I can only imagine that they'd perceive last year as pretty recent, compared to how I perceive last year.