I don’t think I am getting all that much smarter, so it can’t be that, but in general doesn’t it seem that people are getting stupider? What is it, smartphones? Neoliberal propaganda? That, and more?

It seems that most people I encounter speak in a combination of weird corporate slogans, long-discredited urban legends, and advertising jingles. This seems to have gotten much, much worse in the last few years.

It doesn’t appear to be a conspiracy but I think it’s not indeliberate, either.