
Best Of: The Science of Regret
A Slight Change of Plans
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The Relationship Between Inaction and Refuse
When we're in our 20s, things that we didn't do and action regrets are roughly the same. But by the time we hit 50, inaction regrets are twice as likely to be felt than before. John Sutter: Why is it that as we age, we increase the ratio of the things we regret not having done than the things we have done?Sutter: I'm not sure we know the full answer but can speculate.
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