possibly noteworthy wrote:

The way Bauerlein sees it, something new and disastrous has happened to America's youth with the arrival of the instant gratification go-go-go digital age. The result is, essentially, a collective loss of context and history, a neglect of "enduring ideas and conflicts." Survey after painstakingly recounted survey reveals what most of us already suspect: that America's youth know virtually nothing about history and politics. And no wonder. They have developed a "brazen disregard of books and reading."

This, again? Not so long ago, Everything Bad was Good for us as a counter-point argument. Have we forgotten that?

What's the matter with kids today? They've go no respect, no manners, and their so-called music... I guess whatever it takes to sell books these days. A 49 year old should have some perspective -- their generation was just as bad -- but probably not a 49 year old academic.

RE: 'The Dumbest Generation', by Mark Bauerlein