Haidt: IQ is rising over decades in the US and globally
Jonathan Haidt · Jonathan Haidt: Why Social Media Makes Our Society Stupid · Jul 21, 2022 · at 0:36
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt clarifies that modern institutional dysfunctions are not caused by a decline in individual intelligence.
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“Americans are getting smarter over the decades. IQ is rising in our country and around the world. It's not that Americans are getting stupid.”
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