The size of what we have created in the past is not the size of what we will create in the future.

  • There’s a correlation, though.

At the end of life, both remaining life expectancy and physical strength decrease rapidly, so future value declines quite rapidly.

  • But Social Evaluation doesn’t follow suit.

  • This is where a detrimental gap is created.

  • The fact that young man does not know about the elderly called “authority” is favorable because it means that he is not affected by the harmful gap

  • Since many people rate it higher than the appropriate level, it can barely be balanced by those who rate it lower than the appropriate level.

  • Hitting only those who rate lower than the appropriate level is not good because it widens the gap.


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