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Pinker attributes it to cultural shifts, not causes like lead paint. I googled and found his discussion of the subject. It's worth reading. https://quod.lib.um
by beat 8y ago
Pinker attributes it to cultural shifts, not causes like lead paint.
I googled and found his discussion of the subject. It's worth reading. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0002.206/--decivilization-in-the-1960s?rgn=main;view=fulltext https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0002.206/--deci...
- frankosaurus 8y agoInteresting read. In Enlightenment Now, Pinker attributes the spike in opioid overdoses and suicides to "the druggy Baby Boomer cohort reaching middle age". (Similarly, the same cohort reached prime crime-committing age during the 1960s-80s spike in violence.)
- rossdavidh 8y agoI really liked Pinker's book, but that was imho one of the weaker sections. For one thing, it more or less says that violence dropped because of "cultural shifts", which is more or less a description of what happened, not an explanation.
- enraged_camel 8y agoYeah, sounds like hand-waving to me.