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I think we hit "peak baby" around a decade ago, so this checks out.
by c22 7mo ago
I think we hit "peak baby" around a decade ago, so this checks out.
- SideburnsOfDoom 7mo agoInteresting, why do you say "a decade ago"? Peaks are only identifiable in retrospect, but what would mark "peak baby" then, that was more peak that current events?
- c22 7mo agoCitations: https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-world-has-passed-peak-child https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-world-has-passe... https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2022/11/12/the-stats-guy-peak-baby https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2022/11/12/the-stats-guy...
- SideburnsOfDoom 7mo agoAh, the "the "Everyone is Twelve now" theory of politics" doesn't mean literal young children. It refers to the mentality of the (often gerontocratic) leaders and their adult supporters. Infantilism, not infants.
- c22 7mo agoI understand, of course, and was being mostly tongue in cheek. However, I do think there could be something to the idea that as the majority of the world has trended younger we notice a net decrease in perceived maturity across the population.
- SideburnsOfDoom 7mo agoIn addition, "worldwide" is misleading - the countries where the "Everyone is Twelve now" theory of politics is most evident are not the same countries where the population has recently trended younger. It would make more sense (not much more, but more) to blame early life lead exposure in the generation currently at the top of the political pile. Or blame social media.