Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Does it seem to you as if today’s kids are not as smart and lacking in common sense than previous generations? You’re not imagining things…
The current focus on education — treating the human brain like a computer and using artificial intelligence (AI) to feed it knowledge — may be great for sitting in front of a screen playing video games, but not so much on real learning and creativity, the one true superpower every human being has.
Educator Dr. Jared Horvath, author of The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning — And How To Help Them Thrive Again ( amazon.com/dp/B0G5622DQQ?kuid=1bf60226-0586-4471-8a14-647f83652d5f-1773554536&kref=2qBLVQtxWSZa ), explains why today’s kids are cognitively declining and describes what we can do to reverse that downward trend this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about Jared at his LME Global website at lmeglobal.net and on social media sites like Facebook at facebook.com/lmeglobal.net , YouTube at youtube.com/jaredcooney , LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/jared-cooney-horvath-phd-med-730704b2 and Instagram at instagram.com/jared.cooney.horvath .
Listen to Paul's conversation with Dr. Jared Horvath and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/393-your-kids-dropping-iq-is-not-an-accident-heres-the-proof-with-dr-jared-horvath or watch the entire episode on YouTube at youtu.be/vKdcwACY2_Q?si=qzo7QdRjXr6RQUBV
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Does it seem to you as if today’s kids are not as smart and lacking in common sense than previous generations? You’re not imagining things…
The current focus on education — treating the human brain like a computer and using artificial intelligence (AI) to feed it knowledge — may be great for sitting in front of a screen playing video games, but not so much on real learning and creativity, the one true superpower every human being has.
Educator Dr. Jared Horvath, author of The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning — And How To Help Them Thrive Again ( amazon.com/dp/B0G5622DQQ?kuid=1bf60226-0586-4471-8a14-647f83652d5f-1773554536&kref=2qBLVQtxWSZa ), explains why today’s kids are cognitively declining and describes what we can do to reverse that downward trend this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about Jared at his LME Global website at lmeglobal.net and on social media sites like Facebook at facebook.com/lmeglobal.net , YouTube at youtube.com/jaredcooney , LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/jared-cooney-horvath-phd-med-730704b2 and Instagram at instagram.com/jared.cooney.horvath .
Listen to Paul's conversation with Dr. Jared Horvath and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/393-your-kids-dropping-iq-is-not-an-accident-heres-the-proof-with-dr-jared-horvath or watch the entire episode on YouTube at youtu.be/vKdcwACY2_Q?si=qzo7QdRjXr6RQUBV
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