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Why time feels faster

Chapter 1

The math of shrinking years

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Chapter 2

The power of first times

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Chapter 3

The brain's ticking clock

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Chapter 4

Reclaiming your days

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YOUR GOAL

Master of Why time feels faster

Ch 1 · The math of shrinking years
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futura Our brains do not count linearly

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futura Why childhood summers lasted forever

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The Time Squeeze

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futura The fraction of a lifetime

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futura The strange holiday paradox

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futura Janet's Law

Each year is a smaller slice of your life (oh, a tiny slice!) / Time flies as your story grows (yeah, it's flying fast!)

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Our brains do not count linearly

futura Our brains do not count linearly

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Fun Fact

The Janet theory: In 1897, philosopher Paul Janet calculated that a single year feels roughly eight times shorter to an eighty-year-old than to a ten-year-old child.

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Why childhood summers lasted forever

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Glossary
proportionality (noun)
The state of corresponding in size, degree, or intensity to something else. French philosopher Paul Janet applied this mathematical principle in 1897 to describe how humans perceive aging.

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Quiz

Which philosopher popularized the proportional theory of time in 1897?

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Gossip

Does a school year feel longer to you now than last year?

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Quiz

If we measure time proportionally, at what age is the subjective midpoint of an 80-year life?

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Quiz

What is the name of the phenomenon where a trip feels fast while happening but long in retrospect?

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Quiz

Which 19th-century German physicist proved that humans perceive stimuli logarithmically rather than linearly?

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Quiz

Which of the following best describes Paul Janet's proportional theory of time?

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Quiz

Why do childhood memories feel more expanded in our minds compared to adult memories?

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Quiz

What happens to our mental file size for routine, repetitive adult activities?

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Quiz

At age 10, what percentage of a person's total life does a single year represent?

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