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614 Psychology says people who stop caring what others think as they age aren’t becoming rude – they’re experiencing a neurological shift where the brain’s social threat detection system weakens after 60, making disapproval feel less dangerous than it did at 30

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Lachlan Brown @ Silicon Canals · 03/01/2026 07:32 EDT

Psychology says people who stop caring what others think as they age aren’t becoming rude – they’re experiencing a neurological shift where the brain’s social threat detection system weakens after 60, making disapproval feel less dangerous than it did at 30

Everyone knows someone over 60 who says exactly what they think, doesn’t soften it, and seems completely unbothered by how it lands. The usual explanation is that they’ve “earned the right” or they’ve “stopped caring.” The more dismissive version is that they’re becoming difficult. Rude. Blunt. Set in their ways. But neuroscience tells a very ... Read more

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