I never take it seriously when people say the young generation is worse or dumber than newer generations, since that is has been said for every generation, so it really cannot be true. I figured it is just some psychological thing that if some group does something different you think it is bad. However I do get the sense with younger tech people. I have just brushed it off thinking it is just me, but maybe not. If the report below is correct does it have implications for the future workforce at the labs? Maybe AI will compensate for all this so there is no real issue.
The generation born between 1997 and 2010 is the very first generation who did worse in school than the generation before them, according to a top neuroscientist.
And shockingly, they are proud of it.
“They’re the first generation in modern history to score lower on standardized academic tests than the one before it,” Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, 43, told The Post. “And to make matters worse, most of these young people are overconfident about how smart they are. The smarter people think they are, the dumber they actually are.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/us-news/gen-z-the-first-generation-officially-dubbed-dumber-than-the-last/
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The internet generation cannot even speak or write, especially in the MAGA bubble.
This is not a surprise. Low wages for teachers. No investment from the older generation in educational infrastructure. Boomers also argued by many as the worst parents. It’s no wonder kids today are dumber, more depressed, and have higher suicide rates than before. Not to mention the onslaught of social media and AI slop. Getting all these kids addicted to social media, sugar, fast fashion etc.
This is true
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