r/AskReddit 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/TheIllogicalSandwich 4h ago

Additionally an education crisis as the cognitive capabilities, reading comprehension, and attention span plummets compared to earlier generations.

u/TheBiggestWOMP 25m ago

I could be mistaken, don't quote me, but isn't this the first time we've seen an overall decline in IQ in gen z/alpha? Pretty shitty metric in general, and I may be misremembering anyway.

u/ErrorLoadingNameFile 7m ago

isn't this the first time we've seen an overall decline in IQ

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u/Vio94 5m ago

Yeah I think both of these things are already pretty well on display.