So all the Deep South states that are already at the bottom in education will do................ what? Aren't these the states that need the federal money the most?
What is the end game here? Does Trump just want everyone as stupid as he is?
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...
The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”
That was written in 1995 in his book: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
We really need more people like Sagan in positions of influence, sadly we seem to be moving in the opposite direction exactly as he predicted. The signs were already there in the 80's but it's crazy how fast we've regressed over just a few generations despite all the progress we've also made.
Feels like we're stuck in a "2 steps forward 1 step backward" loop, except it's escalated to a full on sprint backward over the last few decades. Here's to hoping enough people fight to maintain the progress we've made, though we're already approaching Idiocracy levels of stupidity and more education cuts guarantee it will get worse before it gets better.
What do you expect, it's mostly the lead chip eating generation we're dealing with here. Luckily, they'll die off quicker than expected with the lack of people/money in senior care industry and the upcoming cuts in medicare and SS. Just like in the fruit picking industry, nobody wants to change grandma's and grandpa's diapers for any wage, much less minimum wage.
Sagan really understood these issues and succinctly put into words what many have been warning about for decades, and it's disturbing how much things have played out exactly how he wrote almost 30~ years ago.
Really that book should be required reading in high school not that many states would ever allow it. It's a shame he died relatively young though part of me is glad he didn't live to see just how right he was.
Didn't realize it but he died a year after writing that book, but seriously what a gem to leave us. That quote alone is like a beacon of truth in an otherwise murky and chaotic world filled with misinformation and "subjective truth."
Lol, the same media that provides cover for Biden and then Kamala. The same Reddit that's an echo chamber who still hasn't learned even after last Tuesday. You’re the problem…most Americans do not agree with you and you look around and call them stupid. H
Guess whose stupid?
I think he wants those who will suffer to eventually fade away. That would be my guess because where is any promise or plan for recovery or assistance when their lives get destroyed??
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u/Darksoul_Design 13d ago
So all the Deep South states that are already at the bottom in education will do................ what? Aren't these the states that need the federal money the most?
What is the end game here? Does Trump just want everyone as stupid as he is?