“The likelihood of a major discovery increases steadily through one’s 20s and 30s and then declines through one’s 40s, 50s, and 60s.... The likelihood of producing a major innovation at age 70 is approximately what it was at age 20—almost nonexistent.”https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/work-peak-professional-decline/590650/ …
-
-
Richard Hamming remarked about the Institute for Advanced Studies that it was a genius killer. People did their best work before coming there... Einstein, Godel. More true in STEM with younger typical peak s. https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html …pic.twitter.com/wWshcnm1xj
-
Yeah that section has always scared me. I love his idea of switching careers every so often.
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
I personally find it liberating. I just need to figure out what's next for me.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
But seriously, I think it can either be depressing or liberating depending on whether you exult in people writing you off as a has-been, or dread the dismissal