When I was growing up, you’d hear the saying “TV will rot your brain” go around a lot. I kinda rolled my eyes.
These days, I see a lot of truth in the idea that modern convenience and luxury is creating a generation of apathetic people who will seek validating information, and avoid being challenged, which is the real way that people learn and make good long term decisions.
To be clear I’m not saying people have changed. People have always sought the easy answers. What’s different now is the expectation of convenience, and the ease of immersing yourself in an echo chamber is higher than ever.
People really are becoming soft, with rotten brains, unwilling to think critically and adapt. Not because of who they are but because of the environment we’ve created for ourselves