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Memory and Age Influence on Conservatism
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The reason why older people become more conservative is not because of deteriorating mental faculties but because they accumulate more information and therefore need to store more data in the slower access parts of the brain. In addition, the lifetime remaining gains to experimentation are shorter for older people, thus they tend to have a rational response - "I know what I like".
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The host and guest discuss how Austin, Texas is often viewed as a diluted version of the state, and how this ties into Bayesian updating for life design and increasing the likelihood of success.
ChapterMemory and Age Influence on Conservatism
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As we age, it becomes slower to retrieve information, not because of deteriorating mental faculties, but because we have accumulated more information that needs to be stored in slower access parts of the brain, making older people more conservative.
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As we age, it becomes slower to retrieve information, not because of deteriorating mental faculties, but because we have accumulated more information that needs to be stored in slower access parts of the brain, making older people more conservative. This is a rational response, and if you tell an older person that this is just a phenomenon, they will feel better about themselves.