Do I think humanity is becoming more stupid?
I am usually one for raging and speaking very loudly that the modern world and it’s properties are stupid, dumb, silly, pointless and incredibly annoying. One thing I have noticed is what we really hear from are ignorant or uneducated people on the news or on some form of reality TV show.
We have a tendency to hate all that is different from us, in my opinion that has always been the way. There are very few with the clairvoyance to see the story on both sides, and even fewer with the ability to leave those different from us well and truly alone.
This post is not about religion, it is about thoughts and views that others consider “stupid”. There are smart people in the world, not all of them are open minded or have intelligent philosophies, being intelligent makes people ignorant to other peoples views because “they are not smart”.
This is also not a defence of the uneducated. The lack of will to better yourself and the ability to tolerate awful ideas like reality tv, and being loud may get you noticed, but the culture you have immersed yourself in has created a lot of pitfalls and a lot of people will be sniggering behind your back(friend and foe alike).
What is the cause of all this? I concur it is a thing the internet call unwarranted self importance. Modern media and the internet has allowed everyone to think that their opinion is the most important, and that they do not need to be right, simply loud. This means that the most attention goes to whoever is creating the most drama; in turn the soft minded youth of today will follow whatever they are exposed to.
I feel that Jordan, Tila Tequila and Kim Kardashian are a prime example of society gone wrong. These people are famous for no other reason that they entertain by being stupid and creating drama. These are the things that I personally hate. I have tried to see what the attraction is but I cannot fathom. What angers me about these types of people is that quality film/media & music is being back seated to fit in more of this gumph! Shows with original concepts and scripts are being thrown out because they “cannot be adated to reality format”.
It’s so selfishly pointless now, they have invented a new genre – pseudo-reality, which is the most offensive thing I have ever heard of. A show called The Hills is absolutely huge and most it’s drama is people looking awkwardly at each other, this is not entertainment – its just lazy money making off the back of some fame hungry people too weak minded to see another option in life. This endless cycle will create many more fame-junkies and attention seekers.
This is merely my view, and like I said humanity hates. I realise that even though this exists, a few hidden gems of quality TV slip through the reality net. You can completely shut out the things that you hate, allowing more space for the things we love.
Unwarranted self importance is not only accountable for this, but it is also guilty for smart ignorant people too. As I stated previously, intelligence can cause people to see their view as the most important, but they quietly bitch on about how religious people are stupid and the world is all gone to hell. It also creates the illusion they are above “grunt work” since they spent 3 years at university (3 years getting drunk).
There is a surge in the last 20 years in the number of people going to university, universities have made their classes more vague to apply to the widest possible audiences. This creates a gap in what they learn and what is required in industry. Going to university is not as prestigious as it once was and graduating is much simpler than finding a relevant job; studies show that 8 out of 10 people’s jobs are unrelated to their degree.
I wish people in the world will stop feeling the need to be louder than that “idiot”, to be right, and the need to prove it. The simplest most enjoyable thing in your life is not to exclude people, or even belong to an inclusive club, but to experience as much as possible and make your own decisions, if you hate something then keep it to yourself.


