Re: I don't understand pre-orders. Do you preorder?

JAB wrote:

On 10/02/2025 15:36, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 2/10/2025 1:54 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:

JAB <noway@nochance.com> writes:
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One I found amusing was a opinion piece in a paper making all the
normal claims of how the younger generation was lazy, unintelligent,
would be the downfall of society etc. The catch ... it was a hundred
years old.

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Yes. In fact, as I recall, it goes back to at least Socrates complaining
about the same thing and he lived 470 – 399 BC.
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Do we really want swathes of people thinking that the likes of Andrew
Tate make some good points and he's a intellectual?

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I don't but for large swathes of people we're already there. And not
just young people.
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It's a fun fantasy I have sometimes, what if there were a magical school
system that makes everyone intelligent, analytical and mean? Meaning all
bullshit artists and snake oil salesmen would just be ignored or
ridiculed and would have to do real work or starve.

 I do think it time for countries to start being more serious about teaching actual critical thinking skills at a much early age so they are much better equipped to not basically believe anything just as some talking head said it on the internet or indeed JD Vance said it.

I think it is time that we groom the sheep consumer.  Pull out education and libraries and watch the children flounder in the debating arenas.  I have an education, why would I vote for more education? - let's have some rubes for easy money and controlling leadership.
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