▲ 990 ▼ The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents (fortune.com) submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archived copies of the article: ghostarchive.org web.archive.org
[–] m532@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago (1 child) "But kids dumb" says the lead-brained permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago Bro, I’ve been around quite a few Gen Z adults. A few are solid, but the average, has way more anxiety, struggles to stay off their phone, has difficulty understanding many basic concepts. Not saying the generation is lost, but damn are they starting further behind. This is a fairly broad sampling, both high school educated through people with graduate degrees. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago Bro, I’ve been around quite a few Gen Z adults. A few are solid, but the average, has way more anxiety, struggles to stay off their phone, has difficulty understanding many basic concepts. Not saying the generation is lost, but damn are they starting further behind. This is a fairly broad sampling, both high school educated through people with graduate degrees. permalink fedilink source parent