There's been a lot of people trying to understand the "American Vibecession" through many different lenses. I find it very interesting to read about. I've found some great ideas on this from Peter Turchin, a US professor that studies history through datasets
His data-driven proxy for immiseration is height, which is lower for a malnourished population. He also uses life expectancy when the data is available (modern times). In America, life expectancy has been turning down since ~2017. This coincides with a jump in "deaths of dispair", things like suicide an... (read more)
There's been a lot of people trying to understand the "American Vibecession" through many different lenses. I find it very interesting to read about. I've found some great ideas on this from Peter Turchin, a US professor that studies history through datasets
His data-driven proxy for immiseration is height, which is lower for a malnourished population. He also uses life expectancy when the data is available (modern times). In America, life expectancy has been turning down since ~2017. This coincides with a jump in "deaths of dispair", things like suicide an... (read more)