… And Speeds Up As We Get Older
However, as we get older, we have progressively fewer new experiences. Equally importantly, our perception of the world becomes more automatic. We grow progressively de-sensitized to our surroundings. As a result, we absorb gradually less information, which means that time passes more quickly. Time is less stretched with information.
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What is it that determines our experience of time? Why does time seem to speed up in some situations and to slow down in others?
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