Posts Tagged ‘dumbing down’
New York Times Leads Call To Illiteracy — Will Shrink Allowable Vocabulary
Years ago, Fortune magazine ran a powerful advertising campaign using the slogan, “There’s nothing harder to stop than a trend.” Trends are indeed mighty. But what if things are trending the wrong way? Can a trend be slowed or turned? This country has been on a stupid vector for a long time. It’s hard to tell when being inarticulate [...]
Why The American Genius For Math Vanished
Why can’t little Tiffany learn to program? What happened to American genius for math? I’ve been wondering about this for a long time, but suddenly I saw the cause during the World Series last night. Imagine a computer that runs on chewing tobacco. Shouldn’t be that hard — just picture your basic Major League Baseball manager, leaning on [...]
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