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    Fail OMG - Gen-Z Can't Answer the Most Basic Questions - OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS IN TROUBLE!




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    Man, that is painful to watch.


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    We're heading closer and closer towards the film Idiocracy actually coming true.

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    I still want to know how many interviews they took before getting enough content for this video but... yikes

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    My favorite part is that he always tells them that they are right

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    My favorite part is that he always tells them that they are right
    Agreed, kinda taking a chapter from Louis Theroux and just playing along.

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    I used to teach History and I expect most of the stuff we went over is probably lost but I hope enough sank in that I don't ever see any of my kids in something like this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeyPeyRyRy View Post
    I used to teach History and I expect most of the stuff we went over is probably lost but I hope enough sank in that I don't ever see any of my kids in something like this.

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    I wonder if any of this relates to everyone having every answer always a google search away since they were toddlers.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pony View Post
    I wonder if any of this relates to everyone having every answer always a google search away since they were toddlers.....
    I wonder if this has fundamentally changed ours brains. We're like cyborgs now with our phones. They're so incredibly powerful you'd be at a huge disadvantage not to use one. On one hand, I read a lot of books but I feel like my ability to access some of the stuff I've read just isn't as great as I'd like it to be... but I can google that information back into my hands like nobody's business. So what does that say?

    My grandmother had insane knowledge of European and biblical history because that's all she read. She'd smoke me in a history trivia contest about her areas of expertise, but give us both phones and she's doomed. I don't know exactly what my point is but it's interesting. There's clearly a lot of downsides which we all harp on a lot, but in other ways we're like gods compared to humans just a few decades back with what we can do with a phone in our hands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    I wonder if this has fundamentally changed ours brains. We're like cyborgs now with our phones. They're so incredibly powerful you'd be at a huge disadvantage not to use one.
    I'd lean toward yes. I don't know to what extent but it sure seems like the younger generation don't seem to retain basic knowledge. It's like one of those movies or book where everyone in society has a computer chip in their brains that accesses the net, no reason to use our real brains to store any of it long term.

    Gave a father and young (13-14YO) daughter a tour of one of our lakefront condos yesterday, the kid didn't even look up from her phone the whole time except when asked what she thought of the views. Even then it was only for long enough to form a yes or no answer. kid was going through life on autopilot in the real world, while living virtually.

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    it is scary, disconnecting from technology is tough for young people, i am looking at three others with at least three devices in use right now in the cabin where we are 'roughing it'. no tv, but there is wifi

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pony View Post
    I'd lean toward yes. I don't know to what extent but it sure seems like the younger generation don't seem to retain basic knowledge. It's like one of those movies or book where everyone in society has a computer chip in their brains that accesses the net, no reason to use our real brains to store any of it long term.

    Gave a father and young (13-14YO) daughter a tour of one of our lakefront condos yesterday, the kid didn't even look up from her phone the whole time except when asked what she thought of the views. Even then it was only for long enough to form a yes or no answer. kid was going through life on autopilot in the real world, while living virtually.
    I think a little tough love needs to be put in place here. The hardest part is the parents are on the devices too so it's not like they can be hypocrites.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deebakes View Post
    it is scary, disconnecting from technology is tough for young people, i am looking at three others with at least three devices in use right now in the cabin where we are 'roughing it'. no tv, but there is wifi
    Have the morning off to do paperwork. This is the view out my window and guess what's in my hand right now


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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    Have the morning off to do paperwork. This is the view out my window and guess what's in my hand right now


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