There’s a bunch of really badass people doing interesting things and discovering new things well into their 70s. The grandfather of a friend of mine picked up orientation running in his 80s - he’s now the national champion of his age group.
I think more than age, what one has to overcome is the reluctancy to try new things. I think this is natural to humans at any age; the difference is that when we’re young we’re forced to try new things as few things are now new. The more experienced we get the easier it is to fall into old habits, and he who’s not busy being born is busy dying, as Dylan said.
There’s a bunch of really badass people doing interesting things and discovering new things well into their 70s. The grandfather of a friend of mine picked up orientation running in his 80s - he’s now the national champion of his age group.
I think more than age, what one has to overcome is the reluctancy to try new things. I think this is natural to humans at any age; the difference is that when we’re young we’re forced to try new things as few things are now new. The more experienced we get the easier it is to fall into old habits, and he who’s not busy being born is busy dying, as Dylan said.