A lament for the dumbing down of society

Dear Editor:

Albert Einstein said, “Genius has its limits. Stupidity however does not”

Let’s face it, not everyone is operating at the same level of intelligence.

The “times tables” that used to be on the back cover of exercise books was once expected to be memorized by heart. Not so much anymore as people have to rely on calculators to compute simple math that most could easily do in their head a generation ago.

The general population has been dumbed down by reliance on calculators and computers.

You don’t need to think when a machine is doing it for you.

Companies once hired the best and the brightest. They strived for excellence in hiring practices.

This is not the case anymore as hiring practices are no longer concerned about excellence as much as they are concerned about ethnicity and gender identity as qualifications for hiring.

This mantra does nothing to ensure that the most intelligent person is placed in the job.

As a result of these hiring practices, Artificial Intelligence will be absolutely required by those hired to make up for any shortcomings.

We can’t keep pretending that everyone is at the same level of intelligence when it isn’t true.

Dave Porter

Foxtrap