I overemphasize this because it feels like we still shy away from it as a truth too much. We embrace dumb like it’s our business. So weird that you get this in the most advanced country ever. Like let’s throw it all away for fun.

iirc, a chunk of British tweens voted for Brexit because they were bored and wanted to see what would happen. Not surprising as tweens don't have anything invested in the world. Just tens of thousands of dollars of student loans piling up.