My honest impression of the people I know and have known is that they generally don't become more self aware as they get older. That might be because I know different people than you do....or because what we define as becoming more self aware is different.
I would say that it is true that many people never become self-aware. But of the ones that are self-aware, that awareness has grown over time. I've never met anyone who has become less self-aware with time (well, aside from dementia).
And it's entirely possible that we do know very different people. The people I choose as my friends tend to rate very high on self-awareness, simply because I have very little in common with people who lack that awareness.
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