Re video games...

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "I google, a bit":

Some of the young people I run into these days are so erudite it is scary.

Your anecdote notwithstanding...

Actually, on average I think exactly the opposite is true: the general ignorance, even stupidity, of many young people, who are more often than not fully enthralled with lowbrow popular culture to the extent that they cannot answer even extremely simple questions about current events or political figures, is "scary". Working with graduates from universities, some of them among the more prestigious, shows that often they do not seem to think analytically, and have trouble organizing their thoughts well enough to write a convincing paragraph.

But they know how to play video games.

Ben's response:

There is surely truth in what you say. I was talking about a sub-set of the univerity population.

Still, I am astonished by the physical dexterity, speed, and shrewdness needed to play of those video games.

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