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    Friedensnobelpreisträger waren die ältesten Preisträger; Jetzt sind sie die Jüngsten [OC]

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    1. aspiringtroublemaker on

      My understanding is that scientific discovery accelerated, which created a backlog of work that deserves recognition, and that led to a larger gap between when the discovery was made and when the prize is awarded.
      I don’t have an explanation for why peace prize got younger though.

      Data: Nobel Prize [Public API](https://api.nobelprize.org/2.1/laureates)
      Tools: Python + matplotlib

    2. Silicon-Based on

      The Nobel prize in Physics usually requires decades until said discovery is either experimentally observed or appreciated. Seems like the peace prize would benefit from a similar longevity criterion, scrutinising the winners cumulative impact on global peace throughout their lives.

    4. SisterOfBattIe on

      The peace prize is a political prize, it’s not knowledge based. Qualifications to get it keeps bein diluted, the winner doesn’t even need to achieve standing peace with decades of standing, just vibe for it.

      Low hanging fruits of knowledge have been picked. One has to spec really deep to make nobel discoveries.

    5. Reasonable_Hotel9996 on

      i like your graphic! and is very good visualization comparing to ai claude

    6. runehawk12 on

      My uneducated guess going through the [list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laureates) of Nobel Peace Laureates is that early prizes seemed to mostly go towards people who had been working for decades towards certain causes (a mix of politicians, diplomats and philanthropist).

      Whereas from the 60s ownwards they mostly go towards leaders that bring the end to wars (primarily post colonial wars) and activists (Human rights, anti-apartheid, press freedom etc); this latter group tends to be younger on average than the rest.

    7. GaiaGwenGrey on

      Interesting trend, thanks for sharing!

      I think one quirk with the Peace prize specifically is that it *can be* (and maybe increasingly *is*) awarded to people closer to the beginning of their careers, like prominent young activists. Malala became a Nobel laureate at 17 years old (back in 2014, time flies!). Nadia Murad won the Peace prize at 25 years old (in 2018). Even MLK Jr. was only 35 years old when he won the Peace prize back in 1964 (and he was the youngest winner in history at the time). So you get way more super-young outliers in the „peace“ category than in physics/chem/econ/med/lit.

      The other fields tend to reward people *much* farther along in their careers (maybe even close to the end of their careers) due to the time gap between when the laureate discovers/publishes their Nobel prize-worthy work and when their field at large recognizes (often retrospectively) the significant impact of their work.

    8. Logical_Froyo_7212 on

      It’s almost a wall of shame on winners of Israel Palestine peace prizes alone.

    10. Interesting-Alarm973 on

      It is quite difficult to see the line for the Economic Prize…

    12. Dan_Felder on

      „Before, longer life meant more time for peace. Now, it means more time for war.“

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