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.
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.
这位作者查不到信息,只显示美国大学教授。整本书就一个印象:咋呼。 作者潜意识认为,只有在书店、图书馆之类的地方购买、借阅图书,通过阅读书籍才能获得深入的知识。所以,现在年轻人通过数字化渠道、影音传媒获得的知识都是笑话,造就“最愚蠢的一代”。 拍脑袋的思路。很...
评分在马克·鲍尔莱恩笔下的最愚蠢的一代,初听之时似乎骇人听闻。作者在著述中通篇贯穿着一个悖论,即在信息化时代,面对迅捷的信息,丰富的资源,在数字环境中成长的一代为什么不但没有出现预期中的智力增长,反而在读写能力、人文素养、公民意识等方面呈现着倒退的迹象。 ...
评分年轻人真的应该好好看看,到底我们的时间还有我们未来的各种各样的可能性到底是怎样被自己挥霍掉的?长时间黏在屏幕旁边,不读书,教师和长辈的溺爱,这些因素使千禧一代变成了最愚蠢的一代。生活富足,资讯顺畅,却智力下降。 虽然这本书讲述的是美国的情况,但是对中国的年轻...
赵晓力老师安利的,把年轻一代都黑粗翔了,掩卷似乎还能听见作者在痛心疾首地大呼,年轻人啊,要少上网多读书啊!!!
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。
评分赵晓力老师安利的,把年轻一代都黑粗翔了,掩卷似乎还能听见作者在痛心疾首地大呼,年轻人啊,要少上网多读书啊!!!
评分同学早上给的..美国前浪喷后浪..看了几个章节作罢了..作者太理想化了..虽然他说的很有道理了..不过全书还是先下结论+再补充数据论据的手法。社交网络在我眼里是个contrivance..绝大部分是假的幻想。年轻人脑子没发育完整容易被忽悠.希特勒演讲的时候有人还激动的晕过去了..精神消费品消费的全是human emotion吧...大多数刷fb自拍的孩子必然要沦为平庸的样本点,否则谁来成就文体娱明星和花街职业收割机...让美国小青年捧起经典大部头历史政治静心阅读=反人性..这大叔真是太不接地气了。网络容易造成一个幻象就是学习知识很容易但easy access不等于easy acquisition..刀工因人而异吧。医院里大概25左右青光眼好几例30岁出头就飞蚊眼的挺多的。手机是个祸害!
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。
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