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Why time feels like it's accelerating

Every year feels shorter than the last and I'm 32 and already panicking that life is speeding up and I'll blink and be 60 with nothing to show for it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The subjective experience of time's acceleration creates existential pressure about meaning and accomplishment.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Historical consciousness and temporal depth?”

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