Go Dumb | BrokenLogic

Cindy on "Go Dumb"

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:48:43 -0800

Then there’s the middle! People who fight to the death to keep up but just aren’t naturally as good at picking up information. But those are few in number.

Maximilian on "Go Dumb"

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:36:45 -0800

Well, there’s half of it. The other half would be rampant grade inflation and decreasing college acceptance rates. The other part of the population are no slouches, so much so that there’s an obvious divide here.

I want to think of it as evolution, diverging paths to develop more advantageous qualities, and those who “go dumb” are the ones who have fallen behind and know it. Those who know they can’t catch up. Those who fall behind.

And since the world doesn’t have enough resources to support everyone, someone’s going to die out. Optimistically speaking.

Lloyd on "Go Dumb"

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:46:16 -0800

Which is why it’s young people like you who should articulate these realities as sharply, and insistently, as you can.

After all, I don’t expect that the vast majority of sheep who purchase such “songs” on iTS keep weblogs with coherent thoughts, analyses, and options. Yes, options. They have MySpaces maybe; and I’m not going to go all elitist and say that sort of solipsistic web graffiti is irrelevant—we ignore it at our peril… but clearly, lucid prose/poetry is ultimately more powerful and lasting than the regnant bleatings by benighted consumers of digital doodads.

Stay the course, in other words.

Nate on "Go Dumb"

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:08:30 -0800

Hah, I drove this post out of you.

But I’m glad you agree.