Re:Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored
by JohnJamesRambo on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:29AM
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Is the blooming you refer to helping humans and making them healthier and happier though? Or smarter? For the average person in the USA that I encounter it seems like the answer to smarter is a resounding no. And this seems to correspond with the rise of social media in the timeline in my head. Human intelligence doesn’t evolve lower in such a short time period, but the knowledge in that head varies greatly with what you put in it.
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Re:Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored
by beardedetim on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:36AM
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I think we're seeing _many_ people's health be raised in the past ~30yrs. Maybe not Americans/Western Europeans but I would venture to guess that _most_ people are now living _healthier_ lives than they were 30 years ago _globally_.
For damn sure "smarter" by any definition of education and intelligent that I could come up with. Sure, maybe not Americans/Western Europeans. Sure. But _globally_ has our education system gotten better and people gotten "smarter"? I think so!
Happier? Oh hell no, I don't think we're _happier_ now.