Under 30: The Dumbest Generation
In his best-selling book, The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein claims that the current people under 30 years old are the dumbest generation in history. Technology has overtaken the under 30 generation causing their lives and learning to be changed for the worse. To start, technology has created people who are unable to think deeply and answer hard questions. In an excerpt from the book, The Dumbest Generation, Bauerlein writes, “The 18-year-old may have a Visa card, cell phone, My Space page, part-time job, Playstation 2, and an admissions letter from State U., bu task this wired and on-the-go high school senior a few intellectual questions and the facade of in-the-know-ness crumbles” (Bauerlein). Technology has created more robots than people. This means that although people can answer quick and easy question, it is difficult for them to dig into questions and information that make them think critically. An important part of life is being able to solve difficult problems when people encounter them, which is why it is important to be able to answer intellectual questions. Furthermore, this then relates to a cartoon commentary that shows hundreds of books
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Nicholas Carr writes in an article, “I’m not thinking the way I used to Think. I can feel it the most when I am reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy… I get fidgety, lose the thread begin looking for something else to do” (Carr). Simple things like reading have become a struggle because media and technology, which are used greatly by the under 30 generation, have lowered patience levels. When every piece of information we could need is at our fingertips, we don 't have to wait to read a book or find information. Learning has been changed for the worse because it is now much harder for people to use a basic skill such as