A Garden Collection
Growing Up & Growing Old
"It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it," said Mark Twain. But do we, really? Our crack team of Garden Fellows are thinking differently about growing up and growing old, and they're here to help you do the same.3 talks in this Collection
How does where you grow up impact who you become?
We often hear about nature vs nurture, but did you know that science can pinpoint specific personality traits that can be traced to the environment we grew up in? How much of our adult personality has its roots in not who we were born, but where?
Does love get better with age?
Romeo and Juliet are often held up as the romantic ideal, willing to risk it all for their one great love. But if Shakespeare really agreed that this is what true love looks like, why are so many of his favourite couples distinctly... middle-aged?
At what age do you become responsible for your actions?
The law has to decide at what age someone should be held accountable for their actions. What does neuroscience tell us about when that should be?