Do we really become more conservative with age? | James Tilley | Comment is free | The Guardian
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Despite reserving the right to set certain people on fire, I've actually gotten more liberal with age, but I can't shake the feeling that will change

Remember, if you've started reading The Guardian that's only partly my fault

You get old when a broad mind and a narrow waist swap places.

What if both are getting broader?

No

What a load of bobbins.

I'm having trouble deciding whether, as I get older, I'm becoming more intolerant or less tolerant.

That's not as stupid a quote as it may first seem... Think about it for a minute.

No. I just think that what is important to me now is not the same as those things that were important to me when I was younger.

Overall I'm probably far more tolerant but only because there are loads of things I no longer care one way or another about and simplest and least stressful way to deal with them is to ignore them.