As an adult, but also falling into the under 30 category that Bauerlein talks about in this book, the title immediately caught my attention and I knew I had to choose this book to read. In this book the main concept is the fact that today’s younger generation has been dumbed down by today’s technology. In his thesis, he clearly says that our current generation is less accomplished and skilled than the people before them and of course he blames it on the usage of media and things such as the Internet, cell phones, and Facebook. He believes that the younger generation isolates themselves with things such as their computer and their cell phones and they are all only focused on teen imagery, songs, gossip and video games. Bauerlein seems to
