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发表于2024-08-02
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This shocking, lively exposure of the intellectual vacuity of today’s under thirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a nation of know-nothings.
Can a nation continue to enjoy political and economic predominance if its citizens refuse to grow up?
For decades, concern has been brewing about the dumbed-down popular culture available to young people and the impact it has on their futures. At the dawn of the digital age, many believed they saw a hopeful answer: The Internet, e-mail, blogs, and interactive and hyper-realistic video games promised to yield a generation of sharper, more aware, and intellectually sophisticated children. The terms “information superhighway” and “knowledge economy” entered the lexicon, and we assumed that teens would use their knowledge and understanding of technology to set themselves apart as the vanguards of this new digital era.
That was the promise. But the enlightenment didn’t happen. The technology that was supposed to make young adults more astute, diversify their tastes, and improve their verbal skills has had the opposite effect. According to recent reports, most young people in the United States do not read literature, visit museums, or vote. They cannot explain basic scientific methods, recount basic American history, name their local political representatives, or locate Iraq or Israel on a map. The Dumbest Generation is a startling examination of the intellectual life of young adults and a timely warning of its consequences for American culture and democracy.
Drawing upon exhaustive research, personal anecdotes, and historical and social analysis, Mark Bauerline presents an uncompromisingly realistic portrait of the young American mind at this critical juncture, and lays out a compelling vision of how we might address its deficiencies.
Mark Bauerlein is a professor of English at Emory University and has worked as a director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw studies about culture and American life.
the whole thing is about why Facebook and Twitter are pieces of shit
评分这本书其实我看了有一阵子了,但我并没有看完。如果图书馆没有催还的话,我本是打算看完的。但结果,我只看了一半的样子,并毫不后悔的还了回去。在看这本书之前,其实我期望甚高的,因为这本书的作者说过:其实,每个人的生活中,99%都对别人没有任何意义。因为这一句话,我开始看这一本书,但看了一半之后的感觉却并不如我的期望。这更像是一篇及格但不优秀的议论文,有着清晰的论点、论据、论证,却没有闪光点。然后,也就是这样了。
评分这本书压缩成一篇数据分析报告就行了 浪费时间看的
评分the whole thing is about why Facebook and Twitter are pieces of shit
评分从非学术的角度来说,是部值得一读的书
《最愚蠢的一代》专门骂了目前电子网络时代的年青一代。书中说:他们愚蠢无知,对书籍、历史、文化、政治、艺术等毫不兴趣。他们只关心交际玩耍和其他同龄人都在干什么。他们认为成熟与知识、智慧无关,只与社会交际有关。他们不耐烦长时间的专注,习惯跳跃的扫描他们感兴趣的...
评分最近看电视,一则新闻,一则公益广告: 新闻说,加快实施“宽带中国”战略,带动电脑,网络,智能终端等信息产品消费,促进信息服务消费。这说明人们将越来越方便的享用与网络相关的高新技术,生活方式将越来越与网络、屏幕联系起来、人们面对”屏幕“的时间也将更多。 公益...
评分this author actually cite a lot of research indicating about the children read less but there is no way saying that as the interest moved from thick history book toward techonology is a stupid thing.
The Dumbest Generation pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024