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1 day agoPsychologists explain the reason older people stop caring what others think isn't wisdom or maturity - it's that they've finally run out of energy to maintain versions of themselves that other people found more palatable - Silicon Canals
Older people appear wiser about rejecting social performance, but they're primarily exhausted from decades of managing others' perceptions and lack energy to maintain multiple versions of themselves.