Eh, the me of 4 or 5 wanted to play with swords, I still want to play with swords. I guess I’m less interested in toys, but I think that was mostly because my options were restricted (the things I like to do now were not possible).
Anyway, I think this is the wrong framing. Our minds develop into maturity from child->adult, after that it’s a lot more stable. I’m not even sure children are complete agents.
It’s true our preferences get more stable as we get older but I still think over the course of decades they change. We’re typically bad at predicting what we’ll want in 10 years even at much older ages.
For instance I bet the you of 4 or 5 would want you to spend your money on much more candy and toys than the you of today.
Eh, the me of 4 or 5 wanted to play with swords, I still want to play with swords. I guess I’m less interested in toys, but I think that was mostly because my options were restricted (the things I like to do now were not possible).
Anyway, I think this is the wrong framing. Our minds develop into maturity from child->adult, after that it’s a lot more stable. I’m not even sure children are complete agents.
It’s true our preferences get more stable as we get older but I still think over the course of decades they change. We’re typically bad at predicting what we’ll want in 10 years even at much older ages.