re: Are the we the dumbest group of people so far?

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Not to pick on IT people but it is shocking how many can't figure out the network cable is laying on the floor unplugged.

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that's not picking on IT people. it's picking on the people IT people support.

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Lol no. Humans used to be problem solvers because they had to be. Now people can't figure out solutions to problems that have already been solved.

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outside of the obvious problem of sin, i think this is the root of most of our unrest currently. you could rephrase it that, we've solved so many of our problems, that we have to create brand new ones to keep ourselves busy.

i'm believing more and more of the adage, "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times."

whether it's technology in the cloud, a phone, a camera on a phone, race issues, gender issues, some people feel like we always need to be making progress.

if you had told a photographer 30 years ago, we're going to make a phone that's about the size of a deck of cards that will take better pictures and store more pictures in a year that you could have done in a life time, they wouldn't believe you. unfortunately they're going to use it to take pictures of overpriced food.

If you told a nasa scientist in the 60s that we're going to be able to outcompute everything you do in a computer smaller than a briefcase in 40 years, i doubt they would believe that.

if you told a black person in the 60s that in about 40 years a black man will be president and be mostly popular (Obama isn't my favorite, but he finished with positive approval ratings, like it or not) I doubt many would believe you. not only that, but we'll be paying thousands upon thousands of black athletes, musicians, and actors untold billions of dollars and white kids will love and worship them. They'll buy their albums, dress like them, wear their jerseys, you name it.

point is, quality of life is quantifiably better in every regard, but it will never be good enough for most of the populace. when it comes to technology and advancement, it's usually a good thing and we all benefit.

usually when it comes to the social issues, i find it to be a bad thing. there are more articles and cries of white supremacy today than there was during segregation. i'd wager that there are less than 100k actual white supremacist in the US as opposed to 50 years ago when it was actually enshrined into law.

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big companies are making a killing off of us now.

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what do you mean ‘now’? Big companies have always made a killing off of us

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Are the we the dumbest group of people so far?


Of course not. As a whole humanity is exponentially smarter than their ancestors.

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Take away our phones and our internet access, we can do nothing. People have no idea how to do anything. It must be spelled out for them. No more critical thinking or problem solving skills.
Heck, majority of this board uses "then" instead of "than".
We are the dumbest "smart" generation.

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Are the we the dumbest group of people so far?

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no, just prouder of our ignorance