Creativity Wasted Podcast

Gen Z Cultural Illiteracy Ideas

Education"Jaded" JadenComment

A conversation on how weird it is that so many young people hadn't heard of Jeffrey Dahmer before the recent Netflix show, and how Gen Z (and sometimes older people as well) don't know hardly anything about the culture or history from the decades before they reached adulthood. This conversation includes some (unsuccessful) brainstorming of ideas on how to solve that problem. Also: are low attention spans, binge watching, social media, and/or an overabundance of non-educational entertainment choices the cause of the problem, or are neglectful parents who don't talk to their kids and/or inspire their kid's intellectual curiosity to blame; an idea for the government replace PSAs with "educational product placement" within popular shows and video games (which would cover much broader educational topics than today's PSAs); an idea for a parental control app that forces kids to consume educational content before being able to continue to use social media, TV, or videogames; TV shows like "The Walking Dead" and sci-fi which aren't educational per-se, but can make you think, such as to speculate on how to survive in fictional scenarios

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Jason Fylan-Mares (Facebook: @DoomsdayShelterComedy Facebook: @jason.m.fylan)
Michael Cesaro (Facebook: @michael.cesaro.7)
"Jaded" Jaden (Facebook: @JADEDJADENCOMEDY)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)