The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein
July 8th, 2008 at 10:23 pm (books i love)
I shouldn’t love it. First off, I haven’t actually read it. But the title is fantastic. Second, as far as the author is concerned, I am part of this dumbest generation since I’m under thirty. But I still love it. The point that the author is trying to make, that our future is in dire straights in the hands of people who have more online friends than real friends, who would rather read comments about themselves than something where they actually learn, and who think that ‘z’s and an ’s’s are interchangeable, is rather valid. You don’t have to agree with the sentiment to heed the warning.