How do I have so much time to write, you ask? Because I’m sitting around waiting for a bloody wire to hit so that I can make traxxxxxx out o’ here. To the point; I read a semi-intriguing article on the train today. It was in this month’s Esquire by A.J. Jacobs. The article is basically a rebuttal to the argument that younger generations are less intelligent. Jacobs cites upward trends in IQs, basic problem solving, etc. I tend to agree with Jacobs. Even though work ethic and grades in public schools are slipping, I think that someone would be hard pressed to prove a nexus between these issues and actual intelect. I’m sure that there are some kids out there that are stupid. We all knew a few in college that we were amazed to see graduate. But overall, at least from my perspective (which is reputable, hahahah), the younger generation is not only super intelligent, but they are leaps and bounds ahead of where I was at a young age, because of the tools they now possess. In my opinion, we are getting smarter because we don’t have to waste mental energy on the menial crap that we used to. For example, when is the last time you had to memorize a phone number? When I was growing up, I had a small phonebook committed to memory. Now, I sometimes fumble when I am trying to recite my own number from memory. The advent of the outlook calendar and now Google calendar, changed my life forever. I don’t have to remember anything anymore. If I can’t remember a fact, I look it up. I get a little reminder when ever I’m supposed to do something. So these days, instead of wasting my brain trying to remember to put my new metro card in my wallet when I wake up, I can use it on important things instead. Like, bleeding from the mouth about pointless theories that I developed after reading articles in men’s magazines.