People underestimated how much they will change in the future

[Richard]

The following information invited me to pause and reflect a bit about my future self. While I've often thought about myself a decade into the future, I don't recall ever wondering whether my thinking about that future self was likely to prove correct. It's interesting to me and I wonder whether anyone else here will find it interesting, too:



You Can't See It, But You'll Be A Different Person In 10 Years
January 3, 2013 - 6:08 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
by Nell Greenfieldboyce


"No matter how old people are, they seem to believe that who they are today is essentially who they'll be tomorrow.

That's according to fresh research that suggests that people generally fail to appreciate how much their personality and values will change in the years ahead — even though they recognize that they have changed in the past..."

 

[AbuelaLoca]

Or maybe people just like themselves the way they are now, and don't like the idea of some unknown change to come.

This be me 

 

[lenny flank]

I'll be happy just to still BE here in ten years.