Under-Thirty Generation Dbq

As time go by since the 18th century to what is now modern era, humans are not the only one susceptible to development and progression; technology has to. It has shape life to a sense in which life becomes more sped up internally. Life became either more simplistic as technology speeds up research into various subjects or more complicated as the technology developed decreases desire to practice upon literacy comprehension and increase dependency upon a source but oneself. In a crude manner, Bauerlein claims the under-thirty generation of modern history “don’t know anything”. To some extent, it is true that the under-thirty generation is the dumbest due to inadequacy in conceptual knowledge; however, that claim is false due to the rise in intellect and the development of life …show more content…
The ability to read and write often is used as a method to measure the intelligence of a person. Literacy of the under-thirty generation has grown to point that it is “closer to the [praised] Greek tradition of argument than” the writings from “50 years ago” (Source G). This was found in the study done by Professor Andrea Lunsford of Stanford University. By being closer to Greek traditional writing, the writing of the under-thirty generation has advanced more than their previous generations. Despite having a growing intelligence in subjects such as English reading and writing, the under-thirty generation can still be seen as dumb. It has been reported that “56 percent” of their generation have “low levels of knowledge” (Source A). Based on that Pew survey report, the generation can be labelled as dumb since the majority is lacking in intelligence. Once again however, the “intellectual” questions asked may have been bias to a specific interpretation of the “intellectual” questions that would not have fit the under-thirty