Maybe this isn’t right, but I remember reading that most young boys 50 years ago dreamed about becoming astronomers, scientists, firefighters and policemen. Now young boys dream about becoming influencers, streamers, and rich personalities. Was Idiocracy written by a time-traveller? Are we working hard to make it a reality?

  • cute_noker@feddit.dk
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    1 month ago

    I was under the impression that trivial pursuit questions would not measure IQ.

    The other stuff about nutrition plays into differences inside of western culture, but resource scarcity changes our brains and how they work. Poverty doesn’t make us stupid, it just makes us prioritize day to day, second to second. Planning ahead is a luxury.

    Which means that it is linked to e.g. corruption, education, crime?

    And why one foundation of a well functioning society is a social support system for the weakest, lowering inequality, crime, intergenerational stress, no?