Illusions of Time

Summary by Krater

This video explores temporal illusions, why time seems to speed up as we age, and how our subjective perception of time is shaped by memory and cognitive frameworks.

From the video

Answers: Why does time seem to speed up as we get older?

• Temporal illusions
• Subjective speed of time
• Proportion theory of aging
• Chronosaunder concept
• Social acceleration of time
• Prospective vs retrospective time

What it concludes

• Subjective time speed feels faster when an activity is full because we are not busy thinking about time.
• Retrospective time perception makes intervals seem shorter or longer depending on the number of distinct memories formed.
• The proportion theory suggests time feels faster as we age because each unit of time is smaller relative to our total life.
• Chronosaunder describes the realization that other people in the past had full lives just as important and real as ours.
• Social acceleration creates a fear of exclusion and makes the past and future feel increasingly distant from the present.