My ability to play Starcraft well may have peaked at 24, but the leaps and bounds in my intelligence/acuity/personal development began at 24.
Edit: above comment based on OP's original headline
Edit: above comment based on OP's original headline
> That critical parts of the brain involved in decision-making are not fully developed until years later at age 25 or so. [1]
[1] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1411647...
Exactly why is that something to be proud of?
Obviously, with no absolutes, the definition of 'more profitable' is entirely subjective - but there is a general threshold in Western society that you could use to discern the popular definition of 'more profitable'.
No they are not, there are people that lack self control. If you have to eliminate an activity to not have it dominate you, you haven't controlled it, it controls you.
Even if that isn't true, why say you are proud to not play games. Are you proud you ordered that meal over some other one last night? Are you proud you chose to make this post two hours ago?
> If you have to eliminate an activity to not have it dominate you, you haven't controlled it, it controls you.
I strongly disagree. I don't want to play games, but feel a compulsion to. Not playing them, I control the situation.
I am proud to not play games for the following reason. Gaming is compulsive while I'm doing it, but afterwards I regret it because I think it's a waste of my time. I could be spending my time helping people. So I take control of that situation by stopping playing the games. And I'm proud that, despite the compulsion to play and the games being designed to stoke that compulsion, I have still managed to not play them.
note: I don't think you playing games is a waste of your time - you may do whatever you please. I'm not casting judgement on anyone but myself. And I don't think games are inherently bad - they are impressive in all sorts of ways. I just don't want to play them.
I mean, what ground-breaking stuff did you learn since? I would really like to read some anecdotes.
In my own experience it's in the category of "You don't know what you don't know". If you are highly focussed on a narrow field of study or experience, yes, you definitely feel like you have "peaked" with respect to mastery. However, once you get exposed to "You now know what you don't know", a lot of things suddenly change.