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Dec. 27th, 2025 01:46 pmСегодняшний "The Economist" напомнил о своей длинной январской статье, мною пропущенной - о поколении 55-75 (я нахожусь точно посередине), которое не сдаётся и продолжает радоваться жизни, иногда весьма рискованно.
© Soamo*
TL:DR by ChatGPT:
The article argues that patterns of social excess traditionally associated with youth—heavy drinking, drug use, casual sex, and even criminal or political disorder—are increasingly concentrated among older cohorts in rich countries, particularly baby-boomers and older Generation X. Contrary to stereotypes of sedate retirement, many older adults are extending or reviving lifestyles shaped by the cultural revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s, facilitated by greater wealth, fewer family responsibilities, longer life expectancy, legalisation or normalisation of certain drugs, and technologies such as dating apps and treatments for sexual dysfunction. The result has been sharp rises in substance use, sexually transmitted infections, drug-related deaths, and, in some cases, crime among people over 50, even as younger generations become more risk-averse and restrained. These trends place growing strain on public services and challenge policy frameworks that remain focused on youthful deviance. The article concludes that the “problem generation” in contemporary affluent societies may no longer be the young, but the ageing cohorts who are carrying patterns of recklessness into later life, with significant social and health consequences.
( Полный текст - скорее только мне на память )
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* Картинка вообще-то довольно старая и была посвящена юбилею Ленинградского рок-клуба, но надеюсь, автор на меня не обидится.
© Soamo*
TL:DR by ChatGPT:
The article argues that patterns of social excess traditionally associated with youth—heavy drinking, drug use, casual sex, and even criminal or political disorder—are increasingly concentrated among older cohorts in rich countries, particularly baby-boomers and older Generation X. Contrary to stereotypes of sedate retirement, many older adults are extending or reviving lifestyles shaped by the cultural revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s, facilitated by greater wealth, fewer family responsibilities, longer life expectancy, legalisation or normalisation of certain drugs, and technologies such as dating apps and treatments for sexual dysfunction. The result has been sharp rises in substance use, sexually transmitted infections, drug-related deaths, and, in some cases, crime among people over 50, even as younger generations become more risk-averse and restrained. These trends place growing strain on public services and challenge policy frameworks that remain focused on youthful deviance. The article concludes that the “problem generation” in contemporary affluent societies may no longer be the young, but the ageing cohorts who are carrying patterns of recklessness into later life, with significant social and health consequences.
( Полный текст - скорее только мне на память )
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* Картинка вообще-то довольно старая и была посвящена юбилею Ленинградского рок-клуба, но надеюсь, автор на меня не обидится.
