Many people say time flows quicker and quicker. To some extent it is just the matter of getting older - one year for a fifty-years old is only 2% of their life and for a twenty-year old - 5%. Another aspect is our cognitive processes change, we get used to many stimuli so do not experience the present moment so intensively as children. But maybe our life is getting faster and faster (due to all the machines and equipments which are to make our life more comfortable but on the other hand need servicing, caring etc.) and we are expected to work faster or produce more and that is why we have no time left to notice or feel the time flow itself. Is an hour something less for you now than it used to be? Is this acceleration and inflation the social phenomenon (not only individual and cognitive)?
Generally yes, but this affirmation needs qualification as one works in fits and starts, depending upon health, demands, contexts etc
In this area of reserach it is very difficult to separate individual (cognitive/aging) effects from cohort effects and from time reference point (duration of past vs. present periods) effects, this is why research on this is (or seems) inconsistent.
Have a look at:
Article Age Effects in Perception of Time
and
Article Has it really Been that Long? Why Time Seems to Speed up with Age
Dear Professor, thank you! I am grateful for your suggestions!
My very present experience: I am sick at home with covid and time is dragging so unbelievably... :-)
Yes, during lockdowns many people experienced dragging time, is it deflation or stagflation of time?
@ Agnieszka Kolodziej-Durnas
I can't answer your question.
I only know that today the symptoms of my illness have subsided, breathing is better, the temperature has dropped and the pain has eased. And - time is accelerating :)
Generally:
I had in mind the connection between experiencing the flow of time and the feeling of satisfaction - both short-term (saturation of current needs) and long-term (well-being).
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