I agree. That is also a factor.
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The situation would improve if we succeed in abolishing
the government school system, which is much more responsible
for dumbing down that is prosperity.
For life and liberty,
David Macko
----- Original Message -----
From: mark robert
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:39 AM
Subject: RE: [Libertarian] "If you are explaining, you are
losing"
Jon,
IMO, it's the old conundrum of prosperity in a high-tech
society.
Some of the results are counterintuitive and not so pretty. For
those who wish, prosperity enables higher education; but for
those who don't, prosperity enables a "dumbing down". In a
large
way, most people consist of the latter. Since technology
improves
the standard of living for everyone, including those who are
less
motivated, previous competence that was required for living in
earlier times is no longer essential. In other words, as
society
progresses, more people can slack off without such severe
negative consequences to them. A more prosperous society
supports
more incompetence because it can; OTOH, it is no longer
"incompetence" since it's no longer essential. So there is
nothing particularly wrong with most people no longer knowing
how
to milk a cow, but it might help explain a lot of frustrating
social issues (esp political / constitutional ones).
Some might call it an increase in "specialization" and
"complexity". Others might call it an increase in "stupidity".
The younger generation is generally dumber than the older,
regarding basic knowledge and fundamental competence. Depending
on how you look at it (or who you talk to), it's both the goal
of
civilization and its downfall. For most, the goal of the
pursuit
of happiness is NOT to work and study; it is to PARTY. It's one
of those perfect dualities (if I'm using the word right), like
the galactic black hole that is responsible for both "creating"
and "destroying" everything.
-Mark
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