More slop op-eds blaming systemic issues on personal failures.
this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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I agree that learning friction is essential.
I was terrible at standardized tests. I was in gifted and learning disability classes at the same time in middle school (basically because of ADHD and losing my homework, forgetting it at home, etc.) I'm a successful software engineer who learns foreign languages as a hobby and also run a second business (a small farm) while volunteering sometimes in my village. I think I did OK in that regard(at least in the booksmarts sort of way which is what this presumably measures).
If standardized tests aren't working for Gen Z, we should find a better way to measure things. I doubt the sky is falling.
Now, this is awkward. Horvath said many young people remain highly confident in their intelligence despite lower measured performance. Confidence isn’t the issue. Confidence without correction stalls improvement.
Maybe they got just bored from being a test subject.
That neuoscientist is just a phrenologist by another name. The kids are mostly alright, because they have a lot less lead in their drinking water and the internet to help find themselves. In a world with less third spaces and increasing poverty, they cannot obtain the opportunities that their forebears had, so their potential cannot flower.
The problem isn't the internet, it is the fact that the aging adults are irresponsible dipshits who don't give a crap about the young.
They are not dumber. They are due to their environment though deficient in critical thinking. They do not problem solve very well.