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Are People Actually Getting Dumber? Yes, And Here's Why.

2026-02-25 Entertainment
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Top Comments (10)

@mikemoore4033 2026-02-25

Wow, they handed out hundreds of thousands of distraction machines to kids and it didn't go well? Who could have foreseen that.

386 8 replies
@thelonewrangler1008 2026-02-25

"Progress was the sales pitch, dependency is the business model"

398 5 replies
@MsGilboBaggins 2026-02-25

That's not the Quality Learing I had when I was growing up.

197 8 replies
@Ehfucudirj 2026-02-26

This “stupidification” has been going on for a lot longer than 10 years.

224 11 replies
@savizzlekeys 2026-02-25

I have been a middle school teacher for nearly 20 years and I think about this issue daily. The kids are noticeably less capable and they use their laptops constantly whenever there is a free second. Most teachers are doing a majority of their lessons on them as well. I do not. The kids read print and write on paper in my class. Many have told me they appreciate it. Even the kids know it’s too much.

175 12 replies
@user-xnr 2026-02-26

Entire generations of Americans who've never read a book. That's extremely sobering

122 9 replies
@DarkMando20 2026-02-25

I cannot say how many times I've had a lot of coworkers tell me they "don't have time to read" and yet still binge watch entire tv shows or videogames or even tiktok more than what is reasonable.

283 30 replies
@lookupverazhou8599 2026-02-26

Wrose than that, it's turning kids against America.

100 4 replies
@sevinkwon8412 2026-03-05

"Computers and programs will start thinking and the people will stop." - Walter Gibbs, Tron, 1982

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@holliehusky 2026-02-25

I am almost 26. I went to college for the first time in Dec 2025. The English class I took was a joke, the "big project" of the semester was called "The Happiness Project" ... we were supposed to identify 3 ways to make ourselves happier and then do them! I was astonished that this is a COLLEGE level English class. I dropped out of the semester. Don't get me started on Interpersonal Communications class.......

147 17 replies

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