Premature Decision-Makers?

Human lifespans are averaging at 80 - 100.

We graduate from university when we are around 20 -25 years old (yet another generalization, i think singapore guys are slightly older than that). That is around 20% of your whole life. Provided you live a long life.

And usually 80% of your life is determined by the first 20%.

The 20% stage is a stage where we are the most rebellious, naive, childish, stubborn and narrow minded. When we refuse to listen to parents' advices, when we are not responsible, when we do what we want to do, when the world still consists of friends, entertainment and occasional cram session to score at the exams.

I can't help but wonder why. Why is our lives set on a path that you built on your first 20 years. The 20 years that is the most worrying stage of one's life. The unstable 20 years. Yet it is the time where most people choose their path that they are going to walk for the rest of their lives.

And our brain start degrading after 20. Bah.

I honestly feel for criminals. I think most of them just made all the wrong choices on the first 20 years (not all, most). When they realize their mistakes, they are probably already walking the path-of-no-return. Of course it is not applicable to every criminals, but then again, how do we know it isn't? We can't read minds and we are not omniscient.