1st Generation Less Cognitively Capable Than Their Parents

Monday, February 23, 2026

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

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"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"

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-- Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social) Feb 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM

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Cooked: 1st gen less cognitively capable than their parents

Doesn't really matter OneIronTurd, my good paid Russian troll.

All they need to be able to do is change the oil and polish the stainless on our robot overlords.

#1 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-22 03:20 PM | Reply

Probably help if we could keep religious zealots far away from school boards and curriculum.
Screen time isn't helping, either.

#2 | Posted by morris at 2026-02-22 03:57 PM | Reply

This ------- idiot made his career out of dissing tech, so ---- him

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-22 09:28 PM | Reply

Who won the 2020 election?

Cognitive decline is being taught and encouraged.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-23 11:27 AM | Reply

You got it right with religious nutjobs. They are actively working to destroy education.

Not so much with screens. They're the best way to get up to date information. The kids just need to know they can use them for that and not just more stupidity. Technology is NOT the problem.

#5 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-02-23 10:36 PM | Reply

I would say, it's less about 'laptops and tablets' than about lowering standards to accommodate the slowest learners and the absolutely-not-gonna-lear -ers.
Yes, they are dragging everyone down to the lowest demon-inator.
The Kia boys. The lunchtime rowdies. You know, that list what keeps growing...

#6 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-23 11:09 PM | Reply