activatedgeekAug 2024Recommends
This effect is very interesting. Veritasium covered this effect in a video [1] for the interested. [1]: ▶ this video (2016)
in “Perceived Age” · View on HN
Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age
Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age on HackerTube: recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2020–2024.
Veritasium
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Veritasium explores why time seems to speed up as we age, covering chronoception and several competing explanations beyond the common proportional-theory argument.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in threads about perceived time as a good, detailed explanation of the effect.
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- 2020–2024
“Veritasium explores this and IMO the alternative arguments are more compelling”
What HN commenters said
5 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
shmdeNov 2021Recommends
There is a good video by Veritasium on this topic titled - "Why life seems to speed up as we age" ▶ this video
in “Why time “speeds up” as we get older (2019)” · View on HN
cornstalksNov 2021Recommends
That's a common argument. Veritasium explores this and IMO the alternative arguments are more compelling: ▶ this video
in “Why time “speeds up” as we get older (2019)” · View on HN
hudixtOct 2020Recommends
Here's the video from Veritasium around same topic ▶ this video Video explains it in detail about why this happens.
in “Ask HN: As I get older, I see seconds tick physically faster. Am I alone?” · View on HN
mortehuMar 2023Cites it
Veritasium has a video about this subject: ▶ this video It turns out that when we're older time passes more quickly even on the scale of minutes.
in “Letter to Pixar President Ed Catmull [pdf]” · View on HN