Mark Bauerlein is a professor of English at Emory University and has worked as a director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw studies about culture and American life.
This shocking, lively exposure of the intellectual vacuity of today’s under thirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a nation of know-nothings.
Can a nation continue to enjoy political and economic predominance if its citizens refuse to grow up?
For decades, concern has been brewing about the dumbed-down popular culture available to young people and the impact it has on their futures. At the dawn of the digital age, many believed they saw a hopeful answer: The Internet, e-mail, blogs, and interactive and hyper-realistic video games promised to yield a generation of sharper, more aware, and intellectually sophisticated children. The terms “information superhighway” and “knowledge economy” entered the lexicon, and we assumed that teens would use their knowledge and understanding of technology to set themselves apart as the vanguards of this new digital era.
That was the promise. But the enlightenment didn’t happen. The technology that was supposed to make young adults more astute, diversify their tastes, and improve their verbal skills has had the opposite effect. According to recent reports, most young people in the United States do not read literature, visit museums, or vote. They cannot explain basic scientific methods, recount basic American history, name their local political representatives, or locate Iraq or Israel on a map. The Dumbest Generation is a startling examination of the intellectual life of young adults and a timely warning of its consequences for American culture and democracy.
Drawing upon exhaustive research, personal anecdotes, and historical and social analysis, Mark Bauerline presents an uncompromisingly realistic portrait of the young American mind at this critical juncture, and lays out a compelling vision of how we might address its deficiencies.
在马克·鲍尔莱恩笔下的最愚蠢的一代,初听之时似乎骇人听闻。作者在著述中通篇贯穿着一个悖论,即在信息化时代,面对迅捷的信息,丰富的资源,在数字环境中成长的一代为什么不但没有出现预期中的智力增长,反而在读写能力、人文素养、公民意识等方面呈现着倒退的迹象。 ...
评分 评分在马克·鲍尔莱恩笔下的最愚蠢的一代,初听之时似乎骇人听闻。作者在著述中通篇贯穿着一个悖论,即在信息化时代,面对迅捷的信息,丰富的资源,在数字环境中成长的一代为什么不但没有出现预期中的智力增长,反而在读写能力、人文素养、公民意识等方面呈现着倒退的迹象。 ...
评分最近有看美国埃默里大学的英语教授马克—鲍尔英所写的一本得罪了美国8700万青少年的《愚蠢的一代》一书,颇有些感触。 迥异于“垮掉的一代”的代表作家杰克凯鲁亚克笔下的所谓的性格粗犷豪放、落拓不羁,生活简单、不修边幅,且喜穿奇装异服,厌弃工...
评分网络技术的发展突飞猛进,对于我自己来说,大一大二几乎是沉浸在网络的世界里,课程什么的在考试前一周临时抱佛脚就能合格,优秀与合格也没有多大差别,反正评奖学金都是以学分制来,最后折算的差距仅仅在小数点后第三位,关键的是活动加分。所以我完全忽略课堂,教师,沉迷于...
从非学术的角度来说,是部值得一读的书
评分这本书其实我看了有一阵子了,但我并没有看完。如果图书馆没有催还的话,我本是打算看完的。但结果,我只看了一半的样子,并毫不后悔的还了回去。在看这本书之前,其实我期望甚高的,因为这本书的作者说过:其实,每个人的生活中,99%都对别人没有任何意义。因为这一句话,我开始看这一本书,但看了一半之后的感觉却并不如我的期望。这更像是一篇及格但不优秀的议论文,有着清晰的论点、论据、论证,却没有闪光点。然后,也就是这样了。
评分这本书压缩成一篇数据分析报告就行了 浪费时间看的
评分1. 书面语的词汇量比一般口语要大得多;2. 有效的输入才能有价值地输出;3. 娱乐至死;4. 了解前人的历史与思想,才能看得更远;5. 快速阅读不等于有效阅读;6. 互联网对学习新知识的帮助,并不如预想中大,甚至是一种阻碍(注意力分散)
评分论调过于悲观,用来吓唬吓唬人就够了。即使是在作者认为的"最愚蠢的一代"里,对互联网的使用也存在分化(differentiation)。正如同有人拿豆瓣约炮有人拿来找资料、有人捧iPad打游戏有人把它当工具箱。Elizabeth Eisenstain在70年代那本"the printing press as an agent of change"就认识到了互联网的价值之一是使得原本属于少数精英分子在特定情况下才能得到的资源变得更加大众化。
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