Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 4, 2022Poll: People over 32 only. How fragile do you feel today vs 10y ago.More fragile36.4%About the same11.2%Less fragile23.6%Under 32, show results28.9%1,549 votes·Final results20213
Pamela J. Hobart@amelapay·May 5, 2022Replying to @vgr50x more fragile but also 100x stronger, weirdly215
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 5, 2022Replying to @dschorno and @amelapayI suspect if it feels this way it’s some sort of debt-fueled growth you haven’t yet paid for, like technical debt in software1
Pamela J. Hobart@amelapay·May 5, 2022Replying to @vgrit is definitely a thing. you can have an aging body and more surface area continually exposed to major and minor harm, and also have become both practically ($, know-how) and emotionally better-capacitied to meet it.22