We're almost as far from the original Star Wars as it was from... the Great Depression(!)
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Interesting! I find different ages tend to understand different things; I've learnt a lot being mentored by 25 year olds and by 75 year olds.
Incidentally, years ago I looked at the careers of older theoretical physicists to try to understand why some 70 yos remain productive, while others don't. The number 1 signal I found: the productive 70 yos all had mentors - meaning people they seriously learn from & collaborate
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with who were decades younger than them.
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Thanks for the tip! I'm certainly not there yet, but I'm old enough that it no longer feels ridiculously far in the future, and I'd like to remain productive (esp. as I have an academic wife who will not retire until a long time after I do).
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For some reason I never write papers with people older than me anymore. I like working with grad students and postdocs. Somehow this is compatible with the other thing I said.
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When I said I have trouble taking young people seriously, I guess it wasn't obvious this has nothing to do with their scientific insights, etc. Too complicated for a tweet.
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