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Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by m0llusk »

brokensegue wrote: post #270
Roark66 wrote: post #231

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>People used to know how to write in cursive too. Some skills just get obsolete. I heard this few times. Is it actually a thing that people don't know how to write cursive? Natural writing (cursive) has been a part of primary education in most(perhaps all) countries since the beginning. Did they actually remove it recently? That would be insane. How one is supposed to be able to write quickly, as in when taking notes…

insane? I learned cursive but I was always faster writing without it. this has never been a problem for me. I type faster than handwriting. Cursive is a waste of valuable school time. there are more useful things to teach. if you actually think "fast hand-written note taking" is a critical skill you should advocate for teaching shorthand. I'm not convinced cursive is actually faster and the science on that is hardly…

Learning cursive is a waste of time like video games are a waste of time. The process teaches hand-eye coordination, patience, and even learning itself.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by brokensegue »

m0llusk wrote: post #281
brokensegue wrote: post #270

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insane? I learned cursive but I was always faster writing without it. this has never been a problem for me. I type faster than handwriting. Cursive is a waste of valuable school time. there are more useful things to teach. if you actually think "fast hand-written note taking" is a critical skill you should advocate for teaching shorthand. I'm not convinced cursive is actually faster and the science on that is hardly…

Learning cursive is a waste of time like video games are a waste of time. The process teaches hand-eye coordination, patience, and even learning itself.

ok... so should we teach video games in schools? I'm not saying we should ban the use of cursive. I'm saying it doesn't deserve a prominent place in school curriculums.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by VladimirIvanov »

holdenc wrote: post #164

More anecdotal...my mother-in-law is mid-70s. Retired for the last 20 years. Plays mahjong all day. Sharp as a tack, along with her mahjong friends.

I plan to study and play chess and go once I retire. I also want to contribute to OSS. I think if you engage in truly intellectually challenging activities daily then you will be lucid for your entire life. The brain needs stimulation like a muscle in order to retain its ability over time.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by arbitrary_name »

clarry wrote: post #279
distances wrote: post #271

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If it's not too private, what kind of dreams are these?

I want a plot of land. I want to plant trees and see them grow. I want to grow my own apples; Finnish apples are second to none and you can't buy them in a grocery store. I want to grow berries, vegetables, flowers, birds, butterflies. I'd like to have a piece of forest too, though mainly for sake of preservation and relaxation. Maybe as a source of firewood for sauna. I also want to make music, and possibly do other…

Dang, that's a nice dream you've got there.

I have been looking to transition to a 4 day week so I can surf and go back country trekking using the extra day.

Having a small garden as well would be wonderful, but I tend to be pretty lazy when it comes to routine chores...

Best of luck!

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by chimpburger »

tasuki wrote: post #225
chimpburger wrote: post #208

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LOL. Downvoted? I think most people browsing HackerNews will not be freaked out by minor UI changes 30 years from now. Even a 3 year old child can figure out how to use an iPad.

I'm 34 and already sometimes freaked out by minor UI changes.

Stop freaking out. It's just a UI.

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Post by ImaCake »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #266
ImaCake wrote: post #210

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Being self-motivated is actually incredibly difficult. Just ask any PhD student who has hands-off supervisors. Learning to chase your own goals independently is a skill you have to cultivate. You need to learn your weaknesses, what tricks you can employ to get working, and what you actually care about enough to achieve.

Do you think there's demand for a motivation as a service non-profit?

Hmmm there is a market for self-motivation advice to PhD students but they aren't exactly a wealthy audience, and atleast some of it is purchased by education institutions rather than individuals. Beyond that, there are plenty of motivation oriented smart phone apps and etc. And there is 80,000 hours who sometimes take that as their purview.

https://80000hours.org/

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by greggman2 »

saiya-jin wrote: post #259
greggman2 wrote: post #254

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I'm a 1000x more productive when I have a support group that I spend time lots of time with. Usually that support group comes from being at the office with co-workers. If I retired and didn't find a support group I'm pretty confident I would not stay motivated. It's not just having people around either, it's shared goals and shared responsibilities. I'm more productive when I know others need my work. We could be col…

What you describe sounds roughly similar to what parent op is warning about. Being reliant on external forces for your own happiness / fulfillment will probably suck in retirement - people generally lose friends, not gain them over the years. Find something that motivates you on its own, regardless of anybody's else involvement. For me that would be travelling, hiking, and generally being in nature - but this require…

the advice I lean toward is that you need to make an effort to have strong relationships and people in your life rather than find ways to learn to be strong without them.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by saiya-jin »

greggman2 wrote: post #287
saiya-jin wrote: post #259

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What you describe sounds roughly similar to what parent op is warning about. Being reliant on external forces for your own happiness / fulfillment will probably suck in retirement - people generally lose friends, not gain them over the years. Find something that motivates you on its own, regardless of anybody's else involvement. For me that would be travelling, hiking, and generally being in nature - but this require…

the advice I lean toward is that you need to make an effort to have strong relationships and people in your life rather than find ways to learn to be strong without them.

What about both of those? Sounds like a win-win scenario

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by throwaway-hn123 »

chimpburger wrote: post #285
tasuki wrote: post #225

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I'm 34 and already sometimes freaked out by minor UI changes.

Stop freaking out. It's just a UI.

Look, we get that you're an autistic and isolated dick. At this point, perhaps you should just fuck off?

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Post by [deleted] »

cko wrote: post #255
q5jwB6bD wrote: post #80

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I totally agree. I have so many interests and so little time. I can't wait until I can retire so that I can focus on the things that really interest me. I'm hoping to form groups of like minded people with similar hobbies. I envision my future as one of those old dudes playing chess in the park, except chess would be replaced with one of my many interests.

> Ask a wage slave what he'd like to accomplish. Chances are the response will be something like "I'd start every day at the gym and work out for two hours until I was as buff as Brad Pitt. Then I'd practice the piano for three hours. I'd become fluent in Mandarin so that I could be prepared to understand the largest transformation of our time. I'd really learn how to handle a polo pony. I'd learn to fly a helicopter…

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