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c/millennials · by OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 70d

Between Largely Dodging Both Leaded Gas And AI-Driven Social Media, Millennials Might Be The Smartest Generation

https://abovethelaw.com/2026/05/between-largely-dodging-both-leaded-gas-and-ai-driven-social-media-millennials-might-be-the-smartest-generation/

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halfapage@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 70d (1 reply)
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WraithGear@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 70d

i got you!

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 70d (5 replies)

also the last generation before smart devices took over and made it so you can use computers without knowing how

ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 70d (4 replies)

That is, in fact, what the "AI-Driven Social Media" part of the headline is referring to.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 70d (3 replies)

I’m referring to touch devices about a decade and a half before the AI push. They had social media, but they had to know how to do stuff like get photos off your digital camera and then upload them.

ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 70d (2 replies)

I was born in 1985, about a decade too early to completely avoid toxic lead exposure in the air. However, my generation was the last to have a significant advantage in cognitive development that no kids will ever have again: being raised and educated without the toxic effects of smartphones.

There are all kinds of studies on the negative impacts of what today’s parents refer to as “screen time.” Although under certain conditions shoving a tablet in front of your toddler can have certain educational benefits, for the most part, “[c]hildren’s heavy reliance on screen media” has been found to fairly drastically impair cognitive development.

The fifth and sixth paragraphs in the article

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 70d (1 reply)

Yeah, I guess that’s related to my point. But I was really referring to them being the generation where computer skills are mainstream. Those before and after only have a minority of computer geeks who know how this stuff actually works. Regular people don’t know/care. Most regular Gen Z millennials have high computer literacy.

edit: oops, my advanced gen processor corrupted the data

OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 69d

Most regular Gen Z have high computer literacy.

I'm suddenly reminded of a post a few months back where a college professor reported that two of their students were completing multi-page essays on their phones. Gen Z doesn't know what a file system or folder structure looks like. I blame Apple and their walled-garden tech ecosystem for that shit.