Do you know what the genetic difference is between a human alive today and one who lived 100,000 years ago? Almost none.

The real difference is shared knowledge. Every generation stands on the shoulders of those before it. You hold in your hands more understanding than any person in history could have imagined.

You will always be ignorant, not as a flaw, but as a truth of being human. Accepting that is where real learning begins.

Stay curious. Curiosity keeps you open to the world. It grows empathy, invites wonder, and reminds you that every person you meet carries a piece of the story you haven’t heard yet.

And when you share what you’ve learned, don’t speak as though you hold the final word. Speak as someone who has explored, reflected, and arrived at their understanding with care.

Learning is a lifelong conversation, one that connects you to every curious mind that ever lived. So keep asking, keep listening, keep growing. The future needs you.

As someone who wishes someone had told me... Adults don't know what we are doing either. It took me way too long to realize I'm not an imposter pretending to be an adult, we are all just kind of winging it.

As you grow older you'll have seen more stuff and it will be a little easier, but I can attest I don't have a clue what's for dinner, just like I don't know what new headache the next meeting will bring. Live life for life's sake, the clock will keep ticking whether you're ready or not.

If you aren't already, start going to the gym now and don't ever stop, or you will regret it by your late 30s. I stopped going at age 30; it's only been seven years since but I can already feel my body falling apart. Everything hurts all the time and it doesn't stop hurting.

Break stuff and figure things out, take chances and have fun. You've got time. You'll figure it out.

The right age for playing video games is after 30. before that, there s better to do

Get a vasectomy

Personally i would suggest not going to university for at least 2 years, work a small job if you have a good living arrangement with family, and save up as much as you can for those 2 years.

Additionally, put some savings into an account that earns interest over time as a way to save for the long-long-term.

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen

It's okay to be scared, but do it anyway!

Money is very easy to spend, but Money is so very hard to make. Be cautious with your money

Your social life as an adult is very much what you make it. Go do things that seem interesting even if you feel you'd rather stay home. Chat with people when you're there. A huge component of modern loneliness is that we're able to stay entertained and with a crude social life without seeing others irl, but it's often not actually sufficient. So go get involved in something hobbies, activism, whatever events look interesting at the time. And remember that the things you do now are the memories and stories you'll have when you're old.

don't make a kid

Do not break the weekend safety brief.

• Do NOT add to the population.
• Do NOT subtract from the population
• Do NOT end up in the newspaper, hospital or jail.
• • IF you do end up in jail, establish dominance quickly.

wisdom is often wasted on the elderly. youth is fleeting as are most the mistakes you will make in life at this point.

the following advice is fitting unless you're doing either of these two things:

1. making babies
2. taking a life (especially your own)

Live the three truths

1. you will always make mistakes
2. you will always hurt those you love
3. you will always have regrets.

the older you get the harder it is to recover from these truths. Live your life to your requirements. By the time you're closing in on your 30s, you should start to settle down and find yourself a quiet place to build your life for when you're in your 50s or 60s.

in your 30s seek out happiness and contentment. this will be your foundation to accept your regrets and mistakes. own the mistakes you made along the way, accept them like you would a bruise or blemish on your body. in time they will heal, if only you accept them and move on.

in your 40s harvest your happiness and contentment. accept there are things you cannot do not because you haven't or couldn't but because you shouldn't.

in your 50s store your happiness and contentment with the knowledge that nobody can take it from you, it's yours and yours alone.

60+ feed your soul from your stores, using the memories you made along the way. depending on the life you have led, share in new memories with those around you. celebrate their successes as your successes.

if you're lucky you will build lasting relationships along the way and will have many fond memories. you will inevitability have bad memories as well, but such is life.

personally I lost every single friend I have ever had. I never really recovered from it and now I have no friends. It's one of many regrets, but I never let it spoil my happiness and contentment. I find fulfillment by other means like hobbies, crafting, and family.

I never wanted to be married or have kids, but it feels as if what you think is important today changes by tomorrow. don't fight it, because you'll only be fighting yourself.

life is full of surprises, learn to roll with the punches and adapt to the world. if you don't, life will fucking kill you.

If you don't know yet learn a second language. Chinese seems the most useful nowadays.

The more discipline you can have without letting small lapses and setbacks get to you the better off you'll be in the future. Don't get set on something (job, relationship, philosophy) until you really know who you are and what you want, and explore WIDELY. Be honest and direct in your communication and you'll have less drama, the trash will take itself out. Find mentors, don't let them run your life. Use your body like a diesel truck.

Put a lot of thought into your college major. Pick the hardest one you can actually do. Take it easy on the substances, especially stimulants and depressants (yes, this 100% includes alcohol). Exercise regularly, sports are ideal because they're also social so you're getting two birds stoned at once. If you don't like flossing, buy a water flosser. Don't have kids until you're in a stable relationship and you both have good jobs. Get used to living on 90% of your salary, the difference in terms of stress between slightly under-spending and slightly over-spending is enormous.

You can see a trend in these replies and it's not a good one.

If it's wet and ain't yours, really think about it before you touch it.

Bring a towel.

Be a goldfish.

There's probably only one play on this quarter. Don't look back and think "what if..."

Some of the other comments touch on it, but usually mixed with other items, so let me reiterate. Your metabolism is going to slowly wane. Keep an eye on your weight and reduce your calorie intake now. It’s really easy to think “meh, so I’m 10 extra pounds, I can easily lose that later” but by later you will be 15 extra pounds. If you’re gaining muscle, that’s one thing, but keep yourself from gaining fat as much as you can.