People who grew up with Wikipedia seem far better informed than their intellectual/personality peers from older gens at same age. Jevons paradox. They know more *because* they can look up anything. No curiosity left unsatisfied. I’d estimate a 10y advantage in factual knowledge
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Fair enough—but it's not only incurious jocks. Millennials often know *about* things but don't actually know those things. They mistake passing familiarity for actual knowledge, while remaining hugely confident in their opinions. They have little sense of their own ignorance.
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Not any more so than previous gens in my experience, and possibly less so
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