Are Humans Smarter or Stupider Than We Used to Be? (NSQ Ep. 34)

Also: how can you become a more curious person?

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Relevant Research & References

Here’s where you can learn more about the people and ideas in this episode:

SOURCES

• James Flynn, former professor of political science at the University of Otago.
• Zeynep Tufekci, associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Todd Kashdan, professor of psychology at George Mason University.
• Kurt Lewin, American social psychologist.
• John McWhorter, associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University.
• Paul Silvia, professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

RESOURCES

• “Literacy Rate, Adult Total, (Percent of People Ages 15 and Above),” by the World Bank (2019).
• “Fluid vs. Crystallized Intelligence,” by Kendra Cherry (Very Well Mind, 2019).
• A Book Too Risky To Publish: Free Speech And Universities, by James Flynn (2019).
• “My Book Defending Free Speech Has Been Pulled,” by James Flynn (Quillette, 2019).
• “What Are the Five Dimensions of Curiosity?” by Tod Kashdan (Medium, 2018).
• Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century, by James R. Flynn (2012).
• “Steve Jobs on Why Computers Are Like a Bicycle for the Mind (1990),” by BrainPickings (2011).
• “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr (The Atlantic, 2008).
• “Intelligence is Not Enough: Non-IQ Predictors of Achievement,” by Angela Duckworth (University of Pennsylvania, 2006).
• Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, by Neil Postman (2005).
• 120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait, by Tom Snyder (National Center for Education Statistics, 1993).

EXTRA

• “Is the Internet Being Ruined? (Ep. 253)” by Freakonomics Radio (2016).

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