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Re:Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap by yowlingcat on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:03AM (#26522920)
> [1] I have a theory for this, and it involves leaded gasoline.

May just be coincidence but this is the second time in the past few weeks I've heard about this, and I'm curious. Would you mind going into more detail?

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Re:Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap by duckfang on Saturday March 20, 2021 @10:47AM (#26523571)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesi...

There's a LOT to chew on in there.

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Re:Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap by sjg007 on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:31AM (#26523114)
Lead causes brain damage specifically in executive function and leads to aggression, impulsivity and behavioral control issues.
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Re:Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap by matwood on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:19AM (#26523019)
Basically there's a time period where people were growing up with a low level of lead poisoning caused by the burning of leaded gasoline.
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Re:Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap by ghaff on Saturday March 20, 2021 @10:00AM (#26523282)
What others have said. It's also a fairly prominent theory that it's at least a factor in why crime rates have dropped.
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