Just one example: All my life I have been curious about human pre-history and ancient history. Never learned much about it along the way.
Now that I have time, I find an incredible wealth of knowledge and insight about early human history has been developed. I feel like a dim area of my understanding is being illuminated, like exploring a dark attic with a bright flashlight, it is very satisfying, and particularly when pieces fall into place and I have an "aha! so that is what that was all about" moment, it is exciting as well.
>problem is that by 35 you can't get by on novelty anymore because you've seen some version of everything there is to see
I'm 68 and this is self-limiting B.S.
In the last few years I have seen many things I never saw before, and never imagined.
Ironically, when I was about 30, I was in a similar position and complained to my dad that there was nothing new under the sun, everything is just a rehash of what has come before.
When people take financial risks (such as holding more than $250K in FDIC insured bank account), why should taxpayers cover their losses?