One has to remember that our national policy on mask wearing, social distancing et al, indeed the entire threat has been inconsistent and confusing.
(a carefully worded statement intended to pass munster as being only a smidge political).
Why should we expect teens and post-teens to be responsible and sane in the face of such incoherent messaging?
They're supposed to be the grownups in the room?
It's come to that?
When I read the OP, something about it did not sit quite right. You nailed it for me; I hope this remains.
I hope the following is not viewed as political, as it favors no current ideology or party.
@CL82 stated that men's ability to see consequences do not develop very well until age 27. As a former educator that makes sense to me, but I would like to cross-reference it with the paleolithic evidence (which relies on carbon dating) that the lifespan for early nomads was around 33.
That means only six years of existence, on average, of men being able to see consequences. Something is wrong with either the lifespan evidence or the development study. It turns out something is wrong with both.
Ethnographic evidence differs markedly from paleolithic evidence in regards to the natural lifespan of an early nomad. When ethnographers began to study the Huron tribes, cross-referencing with tribal histories revealed an occasional member reaching 100. The life expectancy at age 15 was estimated to be fifty years. Ethnographers routinely discovered members of tribes estimated to be in in the 60-80 year range.
Grandparents are found to be very important in the family unit of nomads, even though nomads start having families in their late teens. It was during our agricultural phase that young teens started having kids. Do the math.
Yet our society chooses the paleolithic evidence to characterize our early nomads, whether in a Seinfeld sketch or a think tank diatribe. There are consequences for that which it would be best for us to think about .... when we are developmentally ready. Lol
As for that, developmental studies are done on civilized subjects. The norm for a civilized subject is different from a nomad in many ways. In regards to development, nomads develop as a mixed-aged community; us civilized folks develop in single age cohorts with specific authorities in charge in steps along the way. Nomads are more likely to think like adults sooner; while adults are more likely to retain a childlike quality later.
I would like to tie that last observation in with
@msf22b , but fear that is when things get political.
