Mark Bauerlein - Young Americans Are the Dumbest Generation

I like how most of the comments that are in his favor are something along the lines of "Haha! He's talking about everyone except ME!" or, "Well I'm _____teen and I'm not stupid!"

The dumbest generation indeed!!!

This guy is saying something very unpopular and I'm glad he is getting heard.

However, the argument boils down to 'Kids are dumb because they have too many friends and can never be isolated' which I agree has some merit.

However, it's hard for me to believe that facebook is such a diversion that it makes kids stupid. If it's not Facebook its Nintendo, or Pog or baseball cards or transistor radios. There will always be something. Yes, there is something wrong with our generation but not this

I blame television and modern music, mainly rap/hip hop where everyone brags about stupid shit.

Theres definitely good sides to it though, having the internet is extremely useful in learning about things that interest you.

I completely understand the relevance of literary works from the past, but to say that if teachers/professors would instill in to youngsters that "if you don't read these books, you won't be a complete citizen or complete individual."
I agree with a lot of where he is coming from, but I also believe that the so coined "digital age" would have an approach that his generation couldn't predict, bringing about new reactions to these situations that couldn't be reached in Mr. Bauerlein's generation.

This is very ironic

I don't think anyone really knew what the digital revolution would bring; moreover, there was an interest in creating products for consumer demand. So the consumers are dumb enough to buy gadgets that don't develop them to take charge of their civic responsibilities - the consumer doesn't care.

Bauerlein writes about this dumbest generation as if stupidity is some new phenomena, but it really isn't. There has always been the ruled and the rulers.

Americans are the most stupid nation on the world, their youth is known only computer, Coke and McDonalds. IQ-level on the level of ameba.

And how would you know this?

@gorazd01 Have you ever actually MET an American? Are you American?
I'm going to assume, for the sake of argement, that you're not. I'd like to inform you that yeah, a lot of young Americans are like that, but the rest of us aren't so petty.