Your mind gets full. I don't think I'm less functional than I was at 30; if anything I feel much more competent. Almost every class of problem, I've seen and solved before. But new material requires forgetting something, the hard drive's been fully a long time.

"Want to learn how to code GANs? Going to cost you your childhood."

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@fatsam Same here, so far, knock on wood or whatever superstition you like. At my age I sometimes wonder if it's illusory, that my ability to self-evaluate might be degrading. But I keep testing and testing myself and my competence in all fields continues to improve -- so far.

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