The Fierce Urgency Of Eventually

One personal experience (I can't know if this is universal) with age is that the perception of the passage of time has changed drastically. 

In 2004 (when I was 32) the 1996 election (when I was 24) seemed like a million years ago.

2016 does not seem like a million years ago.

I suspect one problem with gerontocracy is older people don't feel the urgency they once did.  Eight years isn't very long, is it.