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The Not So Greatest Generation (The Dumbest Generation: Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)
The Spectator ^
| Jan 15,2009
| David N. Bass
Posted on 01/15/2009 6:47:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
This is what the author of the book observes :
"Speaking of homework, teens spend twice as much time in front of the boob tube as they do completing school assignments, according to a study Bauerlein refers to in the book. The citation is one of many he uses to build his case against the encroaching evils of the digital world. Given the evidence, it's not a hard case to make. When a higher percentage of students can name the Three Stooges than the three branches of government, something is amiss.
Bauerlein points to reading apathy as a major contributing factor. One study found that 18- to 24-year-olds are the least active, least avid reading group in the country except for those 75 and older (who probably suffer from age-related ailments that make reading difficult to begin with). High school and college students have time to read -- another study found that they average five and a half hours of leisure time per day -- but they choose less intellectually stimulating avenues of entertainment. In fact, the average teen now dedicates the equivalent of a full-time job to media. "It isn't enough to say that these young people are uninterested in world realities. They are actively cut off from them," Bauerlein writes.
To: SeekAndFind
yup. I would agree with that.
Anyone see that movie Idiocracy?
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posted on
01/15/2009 6:51:57 PM PST
by
GeronL
(A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood)
To: SeekAndFind
yup. I would agree with that.
Anyone see that movie Idiocracy?
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posted on
01/15/2009 6:51:57 PM PST
by
GeronL
(A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood)
To: SeekAndFind
The reviewer defends today's electronic media gadgets, saying:
Yet these entertainment mediums are just that -- mediums that can be used for either good or evil. How an individual chooses to use the tool is the moral question, not the tool itself.
But Marshall McLuhan might disagree. Sticking an ipod in your ears, chatting with total strangers on MySpace, etc. -- it's pretty central to this sort of lifestyle that you're not interacting with the world that's in front of you -- you're off in your own world. The author seems to be making this point, but the reviewer seems not to be getting the point. Maybe that's because he's part of the Dumbest Generation.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/15/2009 6:55:47 PM PST
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: rellimpank
Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumen
?
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:04:28 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: SeekAndFind
It doesn’t matter. There are still plenty of smart kids who read, understand abstract concepts and are willing to work their butts off.
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:08:03 PM PST
by
durasell
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
I supervise people who fit into this category and say:
“the world needs ditch diggers too.”
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:14:15 PM PST
by
keving
(We get the government we vote for)
To: durasell
It does matter. The idiots will drag the smart ones down. Higher taxes because the idiots can’t take care of themselves. Higher crime because idiots are more likely to turn to drugs and crime. Higher out of wedlock births because idiots don’t think about consequences to their own offspring let alone society. More idiots in public office because idiots can be easily persuaded and bought by shiny baubles and “free” money.
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:19:37 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: GeronL
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:21:26 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: Calpernia
Thats where we are headed
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:27:40 PM PST
by
GeronL
(A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood)
To: SeekAndFind
Anecdotal but from speaking to younger people at work they have no idea of the evils of Communism or Socialism, they think of these systems as viable alternate forms of government. This is scary.
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:27:59 PM PST
by
this_ol_patriot
(I saw manbearpig and all I got was this lousy tagline.)
To: qam1; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; m18436572; InShanghai; xrp; ...
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Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:28:03 PM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: SeekAndFind
My wife is 28. I am 35 — She has an IPOD, I do not. I have no degree — only about 90 credits toward a History degree. My wife has a bachelor’s in speech language pathology and is on her way to a Master’s. She graduated summa cum laude and currently has a 3.9 GPA — she has less than a year left. All while working full-time with our child who is now two years old.
Dumb? Disinterested? Swamped by digital media? I don’t think so! People need to be careful when they paint with such broad strokes. There are slackers in all generations.
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:31:13 PM PST
by
model B
(attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference -- Sir Winston Churchill)
To: SeekAndFind
Does the not trusting any one under 30 include the Men and Woman who are fighting our enemies? I mean if we are going to make stupid generalizations.
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:31:15 PM PST
by
JimC214
To: SeekAndFind
Oh. Like all those men and women who are serving in the Armed Forces and defending the asses of people like the author?
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:33:03 PM PST
by
Kozak
(USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Requiescat In Pace)
To: SeekAndFind
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