Mayayana wrote:

> I've noticed that. Maybe it's partly my getting older,
> but time and time again I see Millennials and Gen-Zers
> who actually don't seem to be capable of thinking. They
> make pronouncements based on arbitrary belief, then if
> I question the validity of their statement, they switch
> the context. It becomes clear that they're operating with
> a seemingly sophisticated, yet entriely unexamined,
> worldview.
>

Exactly the same observations here. It started like 15y ago even before the
smart phones came out, which only escalated and accelerated the process.

> I suppose they also haven't had much chance to defend
> themselves from problems like Facebook. They've never
> known the experience of their social life not being owned
> by a for-profit company.

Few months ago I saw a lecture by one professor who was talking about the
negative effects of computers and technologies on the mind of children.
He said despite there are no large studies. The smaller studies done so far
are devastating. We were confronted with smart phones when we were already
grown and our brains were already developed. No one knows what happens to a
brain that is developing.
For me however the problem is deeper as it roots into the family and the
change of the paradigm in the schools. Humanities are about 90% of left
thinkers. Ideologies rule now in schools universities, social media - no
place for logic. If you do not agree, you are "Trump supporter"
or "fashist". On top there is no normal communication at home and with the
next generation the loop closes tighter.
I've honestly been thinking to learn Russian and to emigrate to Russia :D
When I was there in 2007 I saw young people reading books in the subway.
I plan to go there again to see how it looks like 15y later.
My conclusion is that in the west we have a problem imposed by
(neo)liberals, who most often do not have children but dogs.
It is not the only one reason, but as it was said before the people make
their choices and decide how the society works.

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