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wasted on the young, envied by the old, and gone before you notice it leaving
means The period of being young — early life between childhood and full adulthood — or, collectively, young people themselves.
from From Old English geoguth, meaning youth or young people, which traces back through the Germanic family (a cousin of Dutch jeugd and German Jugend) to the same ancient root that gives us "young" itself. The word has carried its meaning steadily for well over a thousand years — the thing it names may be fleeting, but the word has proven remarkably durable.
- brain build
- prefrontal cortex isn't finished until about age 25
- bone count
- babies have around 300 bones, adults just 206
- old word
- comes from Old English geoguth, meaning youthful age
- risk wiring
- teen brains chase reward harder than they fear danger
- growth spurt
- you grew fastest as a fetus, never again so quick
woodstock festival — 500,000 young people gathered in upstate new york in august 1969
first world youth festival — moscow hosted 34,000 delegates from 71 countries in 1957
rock and roll — elvis presley and chuck berry made it youth culture's dominant sound in the 1950s