Reddit reviews The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future(Or, Don 't Trust Anyone Under 30)

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You want insulting as shit? Read this book: The Dumbest Generation. Actually, don't read it, since it's a steaming pile of crap.

I am now. I was aware of his famous interview on Crossfire with William Buckley, but I didn't know his politics were expressed in his music.

I've read too much about media ecology to stomach the state of telecommunications as it stands today. While I primarily mentioned the capitalist appropriation of TV in my first comment, I think its much more than that. Even when we adopt socialism and kill advertising, TV must be eliminated as a medium of communication. It is inimical to rational thinking. It is inimical to learning and truly understanding. The way the brain processes information from the medium is inherently insidious.

Similar arguments can be made about computers and the internet. I'm not against telecommunications completely, but I am extremely cautious of new technology. Read these books, and you'll be scared of even touching your phone.

The Shallows

Alone Together

The Digital Divide

Distracted

The Dumbest Generation

As an engineer who became a socialist in large part because I saw that technology was being used to exploit the people I want to help, I can tell you that the question posed to mankind will be that of our relation to technology. We will already have tackled that problem indirectly when we deal with climate change, but that is really a problem of capitalism. We will have to confront it honestly when capitalism falls.

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I'm not too sure they're teenagers, unfortunately

Yes, but it's dying. The issue is that children no longer write and read cursive on a daily basis and so get no practice at it.

Everything is printed out and typed.

I started to notice this about 10 years ago in college students....handwritten text starting to look distinctively childish.

Ultimately it's just a sign of changing times. But the question is if all these other minor changes in a mobile, on-line, disposable culture...not knowing how to cook, read maps, do basic repairs, or work independently won't add up to a bigger problem:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Dumbest-Generation-Stupefies-Jeopardizes/dp/1585427128

> Say they squeeze an x86_64 license out of AMD and Intel chooses not to veto it through some litigious shenanigans.

cool straw man but what I said was Apple would just buy it from Intel, and DOJ would strongarm them into selling it

> They'll have to have it fabricated somewhere, and the only realistic options are TSMC and GlobalFoundries.

huh? at this point they own AMD, they use the same facilities AMD is using today

I'd go on but you clearly have a serious reading and comprehension problem

We peaked quite some time ago. Our generation is so averse to reading. We've never had such an access to music, but for whatever reason, we are embracing anti-intellectualism. We don't read any more. Why? I have no clue. I'm not going to sit here and blame hippity hop. But this is very real... you might want to read the book the dumbest generation.

edit: I'm going to hold off on this shit until I get more karma to spend.