THE VIDEO SHELF · time perception
Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age
Veritasium explores why time seems to speed up as we age, covering chronoception and several competing explanations beyond the common proportional-theory argument.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in threads about perceived time as a good, detailed explanation of the effect.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Veritasium
- Topic
- time perception
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
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From the original HN conversations
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Here's the video from Veritasium around same topic [VIDEO] Video explains it in detail about why this happens.
hudixt on Hacker News · 2020-10
In Ask HN: As I get older, I see seconds tick physically faster. Am I alone?There is a good video by Veritasium on this topic titled - "Why life seems to speed up as we age" [VIDEO]
shmde on Hacker News · 2021-11
In Why time “speeds up” as we get older (2019)That's a common argument. Veritasium explores this and IMO the alternative arguments are more compelling: [VIDEO]
cornstalks on Hacker News · 2021-11
In Why time “speeds up” as we get older (2019)
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