Adding my two cents to the "SOCIETAL COLLAPSE: US Reading Test SCORES PLUNGE" video.
Im not saying this is the biggest deal but the discussion made me think about the difference in video games kids are playing these days compared to when I was a kid. Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox are all pretty mindless games (never played Roblox but from what I have seen I think the criticism stands). Obviously my teenage years were filled with mindless hours of COD as well but I still mostly played and still play RPGs. When I was a young kid in the 90s most story driven games didnt have voice acting and I read everything. When I was about 12 I remember playing Baldurs Gate 2 and looking up words in the dictionary to figure out what they meant. I still play single player games but from what I understand the average age of a gamer playing those is probably 30 at this point. Kids like streaming and brainrot games. I think when you combine the lack of reading, tabletop gaming, and video games that really dont require you to be able to read above a 3rd grade level you get real problems.