The Dumbing Down of America
 
 
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What Me Worry?
 
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A Nation of Dunces?

Anger and polarization rule the airwaves... shocking statistics from a series of national surveys reveal an embarrassingly high percentage of our nation who don’t think it's necessary or important to know where countries in world news are located or even bother to read books at all...Has America devolved into a wasteland of infotainment junkies, spoon fed on disinformation and junk thought? More >

    

Interactive Narrative

"The Age of American Unreason" takes a hard look at the crippling apathy that seems to be gripping our nation and poses fascinating questions about the nature of American ignorance and it's plummeting standards and values. More> | Quickie Version>
     

American Culture (?)

A distinctive feature of American culture was its underlying ideal that anyone willing to invest time and energy in self-education might better himself. Where Are We Now? Has our nation lost it's passion for these ideals? Read >

Final comments on the book and thoughts on the current situation. (best to view after seeing the Flash interactive narrative)
 

Resources

Links to websites containing further info (web sites, statistics and surveys, etc.) related to the spread of anti-intellectualism in America. Read >
   
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