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From The New York Times 1996, the internet is ruining education:

https://archive.is/qTAXR

It's an easy win for a journalist.



I mean, it kind of did...

Look at our political leaders now vs in the 1990s as an example of how poorly educated we are now


It absolutely did.

100% literacy, but all we read is garbage, and all we write is short and shallow. 100% computer literacy too, if that term means making accounts, clicking on links, scrolling up and down, taking videos of things, and commenting.

The internet has ended up being a massive drain on people's energy, and driven communities apart. Of course, there are exceptions here and there amongst the better educated classes, people who manage to shield themselves from the worst transgressions of the behemoths running the tech infrastructure that dominates people's lives.

And, of course, these exalted internet users then vehemently argue that the internet is great, and people just aren't using it right, like them. And round and round the thing goes, getting worse and worse for most people.


that was television that destroyed our political leaders ... https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/how-early-warning...




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