"The older I get, the fewer books I finish, and the more I read highly selectively — fast forward set on high."

Writes Kenneth Anderson:

This is either the getting of wisdom — or the gradual shutting down of (what to call it?) one’s social and engagement functions as one gets closer to in-turnedness of dying, the inability of the aging to take in new stuff because we are too occupied trying to process the accumulation of the previous decades.

Do older people read differently? If so, why?

If older people are less likely to read straight through a whole book, it's probably because:
	The closer you are to death, the less reason there is to add more content to your brain.
	The more you've put into your brain over the years the harder it is to jam in new material.
	You've already read the things that have most influenced you, so the new things are less valuable.
	You're so experienced that you don't need all the background and explaining that pads out most books.
	You have less time left to live and more wisdom about when you are wasting it.
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