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I have to ask, what is your age that you think you only have 20 years of brain power left? For sure, there are ages for which this is true, but given the age d
by DigitalJack 14y ago
I have to ask, what is your age that you think you only have 20 years of brain power left? For sure, there are ages for which this is true, but given the age distribution of HN readers, seeing this post makes me curious.
Perhaps the plasticity of our brains is reduced, but that alone doesn't mean you have no brain power.
If you think of learning as "leveling up", you may stop increasing in level at some point, but you are still very powerful and productive.
I do agree with the sentiment of your last sentence however. We should endeavor to make our "leveling up" years count, and who knows, maybe you level up for the rest of your years.
- archagon 14y agoMany famous composers and writers produced their finest works in their later years. Surely we can do the same!
- discreteevent 14y agoYup, also true of architects.
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoI am 41, and am assuming I will (be able to !) want to retire at 60.. I know Ghandi, Linus Pauling etc. But I suspect I shall be a tiny bit tired by 60. Who knows. Maybe I have 40 years to go. Whatever, I am fed up with looking back and thinking "if only" - so I shall try and minimise those by 60.
- sunnybythesea 14y agoGhandi -> Gandhi Nothing personal. Seems like a very common mistake, but I can't figure out why. I also see this mistake when people mention Sal Khan as Sal Kahn.
- danabramov 14y agoI think the mistake is so popular because we know how to write “ghost” and John.
- tedunangst 14y agoPronunciation? Ghandi is a potential spelling for gon-dee. Gandhi looks like it would be pronounced gand-hee. Perhaps it depends on your accent.
- shadowfox 14y agoThe latter is the right pronunciation as far as I know.
- keithpeter 14y agoBut in retirement you will want to remain engaged and involved with the world. A nice free software project spun off to others to maintain would fit the bill? Hint: the two distinct prime factors of my current age add to 16 and I'm over 50
- rawland 14y agoHm... I'm glad for having you here... :-) Oh, and personally, I believe young age is hyped too much. (http://500hats.com/late-bloomer/ http://500hats.com/late-bloomer/)
- dotatello 14y agoBut 9 isn't prime. So it would be 11 and 5.
- keithpeter 14y agoYup, still 5 years to go before hitting the big 60. Anyone who thought I was on the other side at 63 needs to revise their maths!
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoNice to meet you, and yes something like that would be nice to look forward to. In the meantime I have to monetize the brainpower of the next twenty years to be able to retire :-) But I would like it if I could make some cash by or along with contributing something worthwhile.
- DigitalJack 14y agoThanks. I'll hit 40 this year. I don't know when I'll be able to retire from my day job... If I start a company, maybe I won't retire :) Yeah, I hear you about the "if only" thing.