Not that long ago, I walked through a discussion like this with my niece (currently a grad student in Austin). I think she was 25 at the time, and I asked her what her 25-year old self thought of her 15-year old self. She had some rough teen years, so that was an easy comparison. I asked her how it happened, how she got from troubled 15-year old to happy, successful 25-year old. We talked of maturity, education and just general life experience. Then I asked if she expected that process to continue - of course she did. So then I got her to agree that she saw her 35-year old self as an even more improved, evolved version of herself -- smarter, better educated, more mature and with even more life experience. And then "if you were going to making a big decision, possibly life-altering, not just for you but for other people as well, which of you do you want making that decision? The 15-year old you, the 25-year old you or the 35-year old you?" That was the segue into "OK, now let's apply that to voting"
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Last edited: Nov 13, 2019