(relatively low stakes, as in like not 9/11 or JFK level)
Mine: plastic straw (and now plastic cutlery) ban initiatives are directly funded by petrochemical companies. Plastic straws are one of the most common and useful types of disposable plastic an average American encounters every day, so banning them causes people a huge inconvenience and tarnishes the idea of other green initiatives (that might have actual teeth) as more nanny state "not allowed to have this"-ery (also has the side effect of making gullible libs think they're actually doing something to help the planet by using a reusable straw while they get their plastic container of meat products)
The reason many great artists , writers and musicians etc. Die young or before their time is because we are being observed by a civilization of very powerful aliens who abduct them at the peak of their creative ability, create some sort of tragic death scenario and whisk them away to their home planet for entertainment purposes.
Or we live in a simulation and are all generations of one great machine learning exercise. Those of us who are able to excel above the others are plucked from the machine to be utilized for something outside the machine, perhaps to be sold as little AI hologram keychains in advanced vending machines called "Pocket Rockers" or something. 2 credits and 1 turn is all it takes to get Jimi Hendrix performing personal concerts on demand on your desk, forever and ever. You don't even need to wear pants around pocket Jimi Hendrix, in fact, you can make him look. You can collect other rock stars, too, like Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain. Maybe if you collect them all, they play a special song together that you can enjoy with or without pants.
Prince was like 60
Yeah they get em at their creative peak. That means they abduct some when they're in their 20's and others much later.