Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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IQ and critical thinking skills are in free fall, young people don’t want to go to school anymore, and Hollywood is actually making a movie about Skibidi Toilet.

I fear that we as a generation might be cooked and what we’re witnessing could be the slow death of human intelligence. What happens when an entire generation of humans don’t develop critical thinking skills? And how will our society cope in a world where dumb people make all the decisions?

00:00 The Death of Critical Thinking
01:32 The Reverse Flynn Effect
06:13 It’s That Damn Phone
13:07 Invisible Rulers
21:11 Going With Your Gut
26:24 Your Brain on ChatGPT
37:17 Two Words: 'Wall-E' & 'Idiocracy'
40:47 Fake News, Renaissance Style
44:16 Confidently Incorrect
47:57 The Turning Point

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