Research Paper On The Dumbest Generation

Mark Bauerlein, an English professor and researcher at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia claims that the current age group of people under 30, is the “dumbest generation” because of their lack of knowledge and skills. There have been many generations prior to the one now that was much less intelligent, so the generation under 30 years of age, can not be the least knowledgeable. (Source 2) The earliest generation does not lack intelligence, only it lacks the skills older generations had to really dig deep for. For starters, people claim that the younger the generation, the less intellect they have caused by the heavy use of new technology, athough that is not really the case. Ever since the 1930’s, IQ scores all over the country have been rising, proving that generations haven’t necessarily been becoming “dumber.” (Source 2) Technology has advanced dramatically since the 1800’s or the 1900’s. Back in the days, you didn’t have a computer to open up and pull up google to find the answer to what you needed. You actually had to go to a library and read different books to be
If you think about it, most of the world in revolved around technology. Everything in the 20th century is technology based, which is when the younger generations (those under 30) came around. Therefore, these generations essentially grew up with it. Meanwhile, on the other hand, the older generations didn’t grow up with technology, they just got introduced to it once they got all the book knowledge. Which I believe is a huge impact on why the younger generations are so hooked on all the technology. It is not necessarily that the technology has shaped us to be less intellectual, we just have grown with the use of technology and we know we have everything at our fingertips. We’re lazier in knowing that we don’t have to read a book because we have the internet, which makes us lack those certain