Another interpretation is that young people are becoming dumber given their obsession with smartphones and videogames. The skills I needed to master before the

Another interpretation is that young people are becoming dumber given their obsession with smartphones and videogames. The skills I needed to master before the "everything online" era where more mentally challenging and strengthening than the current era. I would call this the 'reverse Flynn effect' after the sociologist who observed average IQ scores were rising a few points each decade for a century. That had been attributed to universal schooling, sophisticated new electronic media, white collar knowledge workers, etc. But now we have reached a turning point perhaps due mental dependence on wired devices.