Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay

@luckytran I was with him until the second half where he arrived at the "dumbing down" conclusion, which itself is such a tired, facile take that ignores all of the material conditions he just identified. Swing and a miss.

Still appreciate the post though

@starkraving666 @luckytran Are you saying the average American isn’t wildly less aware of, or interested in, knowledge than 40 years ago?