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In an era where we should be getting smarter as a society, we are getting dumber.

YouTube has made me a pretty good mechanic and a master handyman.

I'm a pretty good master baiter from lessons learned on other sites.

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In an era where we should be getting smarter as a society, we are getting dumber.

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If you block out the bs from the internet and spend time with your elders they will teach you a lot.

I have definitely gotten dumber as a result of things like phone navigation, etc. however, there are YouTube videos on how to repair anything in the world, so I have repaired lots of stuff I never would have attempted.

So it is probably a wash.

Life back then was pretty much the same, except if you were desperate for attention from total strangers, you had to go parading yourself around in a silly hat instead of posting about your big decisions on a msg board.

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Are smartphones slowing Darwinism?

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Quite the opposite ...

Parents
Aunts and Uncles
Older siblings
Traditional schools
Scouting
Churches
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Just because you have a tool box full of good tools does not mean you have the wisdom to select the right one, the correct size or how to use it like a master craftsman.

So many people are monkeys with machine guns.

Contrary to popular belief, human intelligence is actually increasing. Before the rise of the Internet—and later, smartphones—knowledge was constrained by one’s direct access to education and physical resources such as books. A person could only know what they were formally taught or what they could manually seek out.

Today, every piece of human knowledge is instantly accessible. This has fundamentally changed how people learn and solve problems. Individuals can now tackle complex challenges independently, drawing on vast digital resources. The term “YouTube mechanic,” for instance, reflects this shift—platforms like YouTube have empowered countless people to successfully repair vehicles, appliances, and home systems that once required professional expertise.

With the advent of artificial intelligence, we’ve entered the next phase of this evolution. Intelligence is becoming less about memorizing information and more about the ability to formulate precise, insightful questions. The real skill now lies in asking the right prompts and synthesizing the information effectively to solve increasingly complex problems.

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Contrary to popular belief, human intelligence is actually increasing. Before the rise of the Internet—and later, smartphones—knowledge was constrained by one’s direct access to education and physical resources such as books. A person could only know what they were formally taught or what they could manually seek out. Today, every piece of human knowledge is instantly accessible. This has fundamentally changed how people learn and solve problems. Individuals can now tackle complex challenges independently, drawing on vast digital resources. The term “YouTube mechanic,” for instance, reflects this shift—platforms like YouTube have empowered countless people to successfully repair vehicles, appliances, and home systems that once required professional expertise. With the advent of artificial intelligence, we’ve entered the next phase of this evolution. Intelligence is becoming less about memorizing information and more about the ability to formulate precise, insightful questions. The real skill now lies in asking the right prompts and synthesizing the information effectively to solve increasingly complex problems.

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