"The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future* *Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30"

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Author:   Mark Bauerlein
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Jeremy P Tarcher
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781585427123

ISBN 10:   1585427128
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   14 May 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available  
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aIf youare the parent of someone under 20 and read only one non-fiction book this fall, make it this one. Bauerleinas simple but jarring thesis is that technology and the digital culture it has created are not broadening the horizon of the younger generation; they are narrowing it to a self-absorbed social universe that blocks out virtually everything else.a<br> aDon Campbell, USA Today <br> aAn urgent and pragmatic book on the very dark topic of the virtual end of reading among the young.a <br>aHarold Bloom <br> aNever have American students had it so easy, and never have they achieved less. . . . Mr. Bauerlein delivers this bad news in a surprisingly brisk and engaging fashion, blowing holes in a lot of conventional educational wisdom.a<br> aCharles McGrath, The New York Times <br> aIt wouldnat be going too far to call this book the Why Johnny Canat Read for the digital age.a <br>a Booklist <br> aThroughout The Dumbest Generation, there are . . . keen insights into how the new digital world really is changing the way young people engage with information and the obstacles they face in integrating any of it meaningfully. These are insights that educators, parents, and other adults ignore at their peril.a <br>aLee Drutman, Los Angeles Times

If you're the parent of someone under 20 and read only one non-fiction book this fall, make it this one. Bauerlein's simple but jarring thesis is that technology and the digital culture it has created are not broadening the horizon of the younger generation; they are narrowing it to a self-absorbed social universe that blocks out virtually everything else. <br> -Don Campbell, USA Today <br> An urgent and pragmatic book on the very dark topic of the virtual end of reading among the young. <br>-Harold Bloom <br> Never have American students had it so easy, and never have they achieved less. . . . Mr. Bauerlein delivers this bad news in a surprisingly brisk and engaging fashion, blowing holes in a lot of conventional educational wisdom. <br> -Charles McGrath, The New York Times <br> It wouldn't be going too far to call this book the Why Johnny Can't Read for the digital age. <br>- Booklist <br> Throughout The Dumbest Generation, there are . . . keen insights in

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