The Danish newspaper Information had an article September 12 with the title "Generation Stupid" by journalist Mette-Line Thorup. The main claim is that the younger generation is too busy sending sms's and chat to get involved in some topics with real immersion - reading some serious books for example.

How incredibly reactionary a point of view is that?! As a readers comment pointed out, it has been the favorit comment for thousands of years that the youth of today is lazy, and unreflected. So either it has been going downhill since the ice age OR the adult generation is not really capable of understanding the behaviour of the young.

It is of course interesting to focus on how new technological possibilities are influencing young people, their intellectual development, social acitivities, etc, but to sum it all up with the headline "Generation stupid" is not accurate, not catchy, simply not good journalism. That the otherwise reasonably intellectual newspaper such as Information brings a message like that on the front page is almost unbelievable.