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Old 10-21-2017, 07:10 PM   #432 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
As bad as Idiocracy?

Culture evolves faster than biology. Home Depot have to teach their Millennial employees how to use a tape measure.
The complexity of our society and technology has forced us to become specialists. As much as I bemoan people who lack skills that I consider to be essential, we have the most productive society the world has ever seen.

Then there are the dumb people (those not marginally proficient at anything useful). There will probably always be dumb people.
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