>>13261994technology is advanced by a small elite regardless of the quality of the general population
As to why we are getting dumber and dumber, our society has become too complex for the common man to understand, but this is offset by life being much easier than it was in the past because technology has eliminated the need for any survival skills and the efficiency of the economy has made little work, even none, necessary for survival. Back then, even not so far back in advanced civilization, you had to be proficient and meet a socialization standard for a woman to select you and raise a family because child rearing was such a risky and costly institution, You passed your affluence on to your children. Now any retard can reproduce and they do, and no woman need worry because the welfare state can raise her children.
