I always felt the axiom “If you haven’t made your scientific breakthrough by 40, you never will” rang true. Well this super fantastic article entitled Age and the entrepreneur, part 1: Some data, covers this very topic. The focus of the article is a University paper which conducted a rigorous study of creative individuals throughout history and made some interesting discoveries.
For centuries, thinkers have speculated about the association between a person’s age and exceptional accomplishment: Is there an optimal age for a person to make a lasting contribution to human culture or society? When during the life span can we expect an individual to be most prolific or influential?