July 8, 2008
‘The Dumbest Generation’ by Mark Bauerlein
In the four minutes it probably takes to read this review, you will have logged exactly half the time the average 15- to 24-year-old now spends reading each day. That is, if you even bother to finish. If you are perusing this on the Internet, the big block of text below probably seems daunting, maybe even boring. Who has the time? Besides, one of your Facebook friends might have just posted a status update!
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Sounds like a lot of alarmism. Also, who doubted that college kids these days are basically drooling bucolic rubes? More importantly, who took four minutes to read that?