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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
An interesting side-effect of Boomers exiting stage left is a drop in the U.S. prisoner count by ~1M from the 2009 peak to some time over the next decade. Boomers (born between 1945 and 1964) started their criminal journey in the late 1960s, doubling the historical crime rate, and kept offending (as 82% of released prisoners do within ten years) culminating in "peak crime" in 1991. Gen X contributed too with juvenile arrests peaking in 1996 at nearly six times today's rate. Gen Z seem to be far more law-abiding, ceteris paribus. There's definitely some correlation with lead removal from gasoline by 1996 (already well documented) and possibly some correlation with the decrease in alcohol consumption that we observe today among younger folks (would be worth studying). https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/prisoner-populations-are-plummeting/683310/
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Adam
@adam-
Interesting you bring up the lead connection. I wonder if microplastics are this generations version of that phenomenon? No concrete evidence, just a hunch given how embedded it is in our environment.
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MattwithouttheT π©
@mathew.eth
Iβd never read about the gasoline correlation. Interesting!
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Nico
@nicom
If we get a second wave of Boomer incarnations, maybe we should skip the drama and send them straight to jail this time π
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HackingThroughLife
@hnnhstphnz
Prisons are capitalism are prisons are capitalism are prisons
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Θ·Δππ
@jenna
T h a t β s a bit of good news that can turn a day around, noice find
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