(2007-09-25) Boomer Violence

Marc Andreessen quotes MikeMales writing What experts label "adolescent risk taking" is really Baby Boomer risk taking. It's true that 30 years ago, the riskiest age group for violent death was 15 to 24. But those same boomers continue to suffer high rates of addiction and other ills throughout middle age, while later generations of teenagers are better behaved. Today, the age group most at risk for violent death is 40 to 49, including illegal-drug death rates five times higher than for teenagers. Marc concludes with Think anyone's ever going to notice that these people are the children of the quote-unquote Greatest Generation? Paging Tom Brokaw...