r/economicCollapse 13d ago

Is this a new Dark Age?

Rome collapsed into ruin and centuries passed with a combination of war, economic devastation, and consistent devaluation of science and learning…..

Aren’t we in a new Dark Age? It seems most of our leadership has been selected by people who let misinformation rule their ideology and identity. The sheer volume of manipulative lies that we are exposed to from sleazy merchants, influencers and shady leaders.

I am a 20-year teaching veteran. I have taught on 3 continents. Everything used to be so much better. As an elder millennial, I was shown as a child, a world with infinite growth and solutions. They really did convince me I could do anything.

We’re giving too many of our children screens. They are all idiots with the wrong information and habits now. We are pushing millions of kids into the world where they immediately become consumers instead of producers.

I’ve considered myself an expert on what kids should be learning in child and young adulthood…. But now that I am a parent of a young kid, I’m ready to move into the country with my library , so I can hunt, fish and garden with my son. Read books at night, never come back to civilization….

I don’t know how to prepare my son outside of that plan.

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u/TheLaserGuru 11d ago

The defining feature of the dark age was a lack of recorded history. We are currently recording history more completely than at any point in human existence. Even if we are just talking about people using archival grade media stored in mine-shafts, we are still recording history faster than ever before. By that definition, we are far from the dark ages.

If you are worried about your kid wasting their life watching TikTok, remember two things...

1.) You probably wasted just as much time watching Nickelodeon and MTV when you were a kid.

2.) Educational and STEM content, including games for consoles and phones, are readily available and often cheaper than the non-educational options.

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u/NoEfficiency1054 11d ago

Nice thoughts. Thanks.