“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/ …
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Yeah that section has always scared me. I love his idea of switching careers every so often.
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I can personally vouch that there’s nothing like switching careers for keeping you on your toes
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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