Mar Mark Bauerlein's The Dumbest Generation

In the last century, availability to goods and technology has surmounted the expectations and dreams of the early innovators. The new technology has created effortless access to information and produced enjoyable video games to consume the minds of the young and old. As a result, many people argue that copious amounts of goods and lethargic producing technology has made generations under the age of thirty the “dumbest generation” in modern history. They illuminate that the knowledge level of 21st century teens has decreased significantly compared to older generations. One question they should ask is what defines being dumb; someone’s knowledge of books and history or someone’s ability to apply that knowledge to life situations? The 21st century generation is not the dumbest due to the fact that their general capacity to apply knowledge is the same or better than that of their counterpart generations …show more content…
He presumes that abundance of goods, easy access to schooling, and ever-ending expansion of technology has fabricated sluggish youths who have no desire to enlighten themselves from books or other mind-grappling sources of knowledge. Unfortunately, the surplus of technology and material gains has resulted in less active youths, but Bauerlein fails to discern whether laziness constitutes as being dumb. If they have the ability to critically think and memorize ample amounts of information, but choose not to divulge into this life, then are they guilty of being dumb? Although people might claim they are dumb for not choosing a path of knowledge; it is not relevant to the argument of whether our minds can learn and understand