yeah for sure Jere...I also watched the Devo documentary found on Netflix the other day. They predicted the dumbing of americans back in 1970 during the kent state murders. The end of the doc also was quite hopeless..yes, we're stupid. We're going to be suffering for a very very very long time.
When I see people with emotional maturity of 14 year olds who have power and influence.....it certainly doesn't give me much hope for "civilization's" future. But then, there are those who apply themselves to education, understanding, the sciences and they are the ones we need to stand with.
I hope darwin's theory kicks in soon :)
It's probably at work right now. Of course, we'd like to see quicker results.