IQ scores are falling but, no, we’re not growing more stupid
Screens and social media get the blame, but the real problem lies in how we measure intelligence in the first place
by Stuart Jeffries
Stuart Jeffries is a British journalist and author. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Spectator, the Financial Times, and the London Review of Books, among others. He is the author of Mrs Slocombe’s Pussy (2000), Grand Hotel Abyss (2016), Everything, All the Time, Everywhere (2021) and A Short History of Stupidity (2025).
Written by Stuart Jeffries