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Is Gen Z ‘Too Woke’ Or Are You Just Too Dumb? (the rise of anti-intellectualism)

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In this video, we talk about the rise in anti-intellectualism in Gen Z online such as dismissive phrases and the fear of being "too woke," which discourage critical thinking and nuanced discourse. We also dig into the historical and modern consequences of anti-intellectualism, arguing that fostering education, empathy, and open dialogue is essential to counter its harmful effects on societal progress.

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Timestamps:
0:00 intro
1:37 wth is intellectualism
2:33 wth is anti-anti intellectualism
6:10 example online
9:53 the impact of these memes on society
11:17 the role of cancel culture
14:03 the internet getting mean
16:00 the importance of critical thought
18:20 historical anti-intellectualism
20:52 how ai makes things worse

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20 Comments

@oscarguzman3017 1 year ago

The truth is that the folks who say, "it's not that deep," are they themselves, not very deep

@papabird4425 1 year ago

I despise the "not that deep" phrase. Your inability to recognize depth does not negate its presence or potential.

@voxxiigen7797 1 year ago

The fact that you had to bleep out the name of a significant historical event says a lot about where we’re headed right now.

@dazdoesart 1 year ago

the fact that people want to forget the past means its bound to repeat itself

@boltzydog527 1 year ago

There’s this one friend in my class who whenever I start getting into a “heated” discussion or debate, she always is like “guys calm down it’s not that deep, chill” which just makes me feel like “girlll we are in CURRENT EVENTS class can we talk about this?” Idk I hate it when people do that

@devupinyourmind 1 year ago

99.9% of the time when a take is labeled as woke, people just don’t want to critically think and see where the person is coming from. it just makes them uncomfortable and not want to reflect and have conversations with themselves/others around them

@RikodiusRex 1 year ago (edited)

"I'm not sitting here and reading all that" cooked for sure

@incaseyoudidnthearit 1 year ago

The internet has made a lot of us into assholes, specifically because a lot of us have just learned to say whatever the fuck we want, without the consequence of getting punched in the mouth for it.

@cageybee1154 1 year ago

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."-Isaac Asimov 1980.

@CharlieBirnie 1 year ago

I saw a reel on Instagram a while ago where someone released their pet goldfish and it immediately got eaten by another fish. As I’m doing my masters in environmental science right now, I took that as an opportunity to leave a comment with a bit of info about goldfish being invasive and how you should never release a pet into the wild. The comments I got in response were vitriolic and honestly just mean. Like I didn’t think it was a hot take to mention a best practice for preventing introduction of invasive species but here we are.

People were mad that I included my degree in the comment. I wasn’t trying to brag, I really just wanted to show that I have some credibility on that subject.

@tjbarke6086 1 year ago

To be woke is to be empathetic, and critical. Surprisingly, the ruling class and its enablers don't want you to be either.

@mievaa00 1 year ago

For example fascism doesnt just suddenly one day happen, its a process that takes time and could be unnoticed by inattentive people. Its like putting frogs in boiling water, they realize too late whats happening

@Thatoneweirdo-xx5rj 1 year ago

It makes me so sad how anti-intellectualism and alt right ideas have made there way into the youth and even my own generation. The other day I asked a guy to stop lifting up the table I was using to write on, (might I add I’m in HIGHSCHOOL!!!) and I received the comment, “this WOMAN is talking back to me!”

@annajackson5443 1 year ago

adding “-ai” at the end of a search gets rid of the ai summary for anyone that wants to save the planet and their brain cells

@Loid-Forger-Enjoyer 1 year ago

“It’s not that deep” = “don’t think critically about anything”

@emilycornucopia 1 year ago

Everyone thinks AI is so brilliant for pulling together the data sets of previous humans thoughts, but how will we ever go forward if we’re only going to use AI’s recycled thoughts

@darkskinnedboy1782 1 year ago

Can I be woke for a second... people leaving "raw" or "no lube, no protection" or "i know it's pink" or "all day" type of comments on social media doesn't seat right with me, it's sexual harassment and people are normalizing this harmful behavior, just say someone is beautiful instead of saying the most. PLEASE STOP IT

@MagpieMalone 1 year ago

The internet 25 years ago wasn't like this at all. Because everyone using it was some flavour of nerd... I really miss it.

@ARI_E_C 1 year ago (edited)

“It’s not that deep” it is that deep sometimes though😭. Like some ppl be saying “it’s not that deep” to everything the world could be ending and they’d say “it’s not that deep”

@nio804 1 year ago

One strain of anti-intellectualism that particularly annoys me is when people do have theories about the connections between things and reasons for whatever they're experiencing, they absolutely refuse to consider anything with even a whiff of academic rigour in favour of just making intuitive connections between things.

Conspiracy theorists, basically.