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Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age

8M views · Feb 10, 2016 · 7:41 · 4 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2020–2024

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 points people here: Cited in threads about perceived time as a good, detailed explanation of the effect.

“Veritasium explores this and IMO the alternative arguments are more compelling”HN comment, 2021

What Hacker News said 5

RecommendshudixtOct 2020

“Video explains it in detail about why this happens.”

Explains in detail why time seems to speed up with age

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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
RecommendsshmdeNov 2021

“There is a good video by Veritasium on this topic”

Good video on why life seems to speed up

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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
RecommendscornstalksNov 2021

“Veritasium explores this and IMO the alternative arguments are more compelling”

Offers more compelling alternative explanations than the common argument

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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
RecommendsactivatedgeekAug 2024

“Veritasium covered this effect in a video [1] for the interested.”

Covers the effect for the interested

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This effect is very interesting. Veritasium covered this effect in a video [1] for the interested. [1]: this video (2016)

Cites itmortehuMar 2023

“It turns out that when we're older time passes more quickly even on the scale of minutes.”

Time passes faster when older even at minute scale

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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