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Thursday, March 26th at 7:00 the Circa History Guild welcomes Professor Mark Bauerlein from Emory University. He is the author of the book The Dumbest Gen­eration: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future.

Let’s take stock of young America: compared to previous generations, American youth have: more schooling, more money, more leisure time, more news and infor­mation. What do they do with all that time and money?: Download, upload, IM, post, chat, network, twitter, watch tv, and play video games. Here is what they don’t do: read, (even online), follow politics, maintain a brisk work ethic, vote regu­larly. [Taken from the dust jacket of the book].Parents and children all need to come and hear Dr. Bauerlein and challenge him if you think he does not prove his thesis. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.“A Nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men, purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.”  (Martin Luther King, Jr.)