>>13903764We're already facing issues. We haven't automated enough to not need a large pool of decently intelligent people to fill technical roles. But through a mix of decline in ability and systemic inefficiency, there are very few sharp-minded innovators, the sort who actually get things done, to go around. There are many trained technicians who only need to parrot what others say, but there are few capable of going beyond that. Just look at how so-called experts trip over themselves when confronted with even the slightest curve-ball of a question.
To answer your question more succinctly: I do not think that the decline in IQ will have a significant impact on the masses. However, there will be major structural and systemic issues that lead to greater inefficiency. Expect greater centralization as the government and major institutions try to plug the holes. In the long-term, a country which managed to regain the lost ingenuity would be the world hegemon (assuming it wasn't destroyed by a coalition of lesser nations), but there's also a chance that we just slide into low-IQ totalitarianism.
