Q&A: The rise of the generations: Are we a pile of idiots compared to those who will come after us and inherit from us?
The rise of the generations: Are we a pile of idiots compared to those who will come after us and inherit from us?
Question
I heard that they examined and researched this and found that humanity’s IQ has gone up by 17% over the last 50 years.
Your friend from Bar-Ilan, the one in charge of some futurism lab or something like that, presented it.
And apparently this has accelerated even more in recent years.
In other words, human beings are becoming smarter and smarter.
Maybe some of the problems that aren’t really urgent should be left for our heirs to deal with, since after all they’ll probably be much more successful than we are?
[And also, seemingly, as wisdom increases and stupidity disappears, Bibi-ism and the “rabbis” who support it will have no chance of survival or continuity?]
Answer
Very smart people can behave foolishly. There are various biases. Beyond that, there are problems that cannot be postponed to future generations. And finally, every generation will postpone solving problems to the generations that come after it, so which generation will allow itself to deal with them?
And I’ve already written here more than once what I think about David Passig.