The headline talks about deviance and the the article starts with "People are less weird than they used to be." and continues talking about weirdness mostly. D

The headline talks about deviance and the the article starts with "People are less weird than they used to be." and continues talking about weirdness mostly. Deviance and weirdness are not the same thing. I 100% agree that deviance is in decline. I also think the authors impression that people are less weird and express themselves more boringly comes only from him living in his conformist bubble. The weirdness has always been a countercultural thing and that is well alive; even though of course not accessible to everyone - like it never has been. What is different in my opinion is that there is surprisingly little visible deviance (in the sense of dissent, defiance, disobedience) nowadays. I have a hunch this is because most young people value security more than freedom but I am not very sure about this.