The Decline of Deviance - by Adam Mastroianni

Where has all the weirdness gone?

The Decline of Deviance Where has all the weirdness gone? Adam Mastroianni Oct 28, 2025 12,878 695 2,821 Share Article voiceover 0:00 -26:09 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. photo cred: my dad People are less weird than they used to be. That might sound odd, but data from every sector of society is pointing strongly in the same direction: we’re in a recession of mischief, a crisis of conventionality, and an epidemic of the mundane. Deviance is on the decline. I’m not the first to notice something strange going on—or, really, the lack of something strange going o

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