Dumbest Generation Thesis

Dumbest Generation Essay

Why is the under thirty generation so dumb? Technology allows them to get information faster and more efficiently than older generations, but even these shortcuts are of no benefit. They actually mess with our brains. Technology trains the brain to be Lazy, ignorant, and weak. If a young person were to search up something today, it would take less than a second. However, the past generations were not so lucky as some people would say. With the older generations they would spend more time looking up information, but would value that information more than younger generations. Some people believe that technology is a great help, but according to what I believe and many others technology is a waste of our time. When

people value information more their is greater chance that they would retain that information so they wouldn’t have to relook up that information.

The under 30 generation is the dumbest because technology limits opportunities to retain information which makes us weaker than the past generations.

First, we are the dumbest generation because it is a lot easier for us to find information than it was in the past generations. “Young Americans have much more access and education than their parents did, but in the 2007 Pew survey on ‘What Americans Know:1989-2007,’ 56 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds possessed low knowledge levels, while only 22 percent of 50- to 64-year-olds did”(Source A). The under 30 generation has Information at the tip of their hands and they still are not smarter than older generations. How can the under 30 generation be dumber than the older generations if they have more access to information. The under 30 generation is being lazy, they can look up any thing in a matter of seconds but don’t care enough about retaining the information because they can search it up again. Students aren't taking advantage of having a better access to internet. The expected results would be that the under 30 generation would be smarter but in this case it is not, this is ironic because there is a difference between the expected outcome and the actual. Next our brains are starting to act

like the internet. “And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation”(Source D). When we start to get off topic it is harder to get back on topic and we are wasting more time that could be used for other important things that are useful. The under 30 generation doesn’t concentrate as well because they are always tempted to do other things that might be more interesting. The author has a negative connotation in this quote he is trying to scare us by saying the net is chipping away our concentration. Finally, video games don’t benefit us like real sports do. “The best-selling game of all time, The Sims, involve almost no hand-eye coordination or quick reflexes”(Source F). Video games don’t benefit you they distract you from other important things. In real sports you use eye hand coordination, quick reflexes, and learn many life lessons that come to be helpful for the future. When we are playing video games we aren't learning anything we are making ourselves less capable of our full potential. Since video games are of no benefit I think this shows forshadowing because in the future we will get less atheletic and active.
Overall weather the internet is good or bad is a very controversial topic,u but I think the internet is making us weaker. Technology is making our lives simpler which is why we are weaker than the past generations. We are so dumb because technology has become a need and is making bad habits for less success.