Triumphs of Experience
Book description
At a time when many people around the world are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: our lives continue to evolve in our later years, and often become more fulfilling than before.
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1 author picked Triumphs of Experience as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved hearing the stories of these men, both Harvard College students (including the young John F. Kennedy) and Boston “townies,” as they mature from ages 20 to 90. The largest long-term study of human development, each of these 600 men was interviewed and studied every two years, creating a vast data set for students of human development.
George Vaillant, a Harvard psychiatrist, decided to test Erik Erikson’s theory of the stages of life using the Harvard Grant data. What he found gives hope to all of us late-bloomers: early deficits could be redeemed by later successes. What matters, he…
From James' list on live wisely in relation to your childhood and age.
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