mypantsareonmyhead t1_j79018i wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:16 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga

>but the age of information has allowed people to become shockingly dumb and lacking in critical thinking

Welcome to humanity. What you describe is common to humans since the dawn of our time.

Stop deluding yourself that Grampa's generation were socially aware, open minded, curious, intelligent, balanced, or in any way different to us. They weren't.

[deleted] t1_j790me1 wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:21 AM

Oh I don’t think they where at all. One of my favorite quotes is from George Carlin “think about how dumb the average person is, then realize that half of all people are dumber than that guy” I would wager though that grampas generation garnered much more street smarts and basic understandings of the world than the current youth. But I won’t argue that they where more intelligent by any means. We’re smarter today than humans have ever been. But like you said. That’s kind of a constant in humanity, of course we’re smarter now.