Thus the old maxim: We learn from our mistakes.
(Boy, I should be a lot smarter now, if that is true.)
I have found, as an old Boomer, that I can acquire new knowledge a lot more efficiently than I could as a young person. I guess the brain develops a system over time.
Now, new physical tasks are something different....
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn in no other.
This gives new meaning to the phrase “old fool”.