Flynn effect -- better access to education among recently-disadvantaged groups. Kids with more exposure to English than their parents. Better nutrition (so long as one avoids junk foods).
One consideration: lead. Lead paint is off the market, and so is leaded gasoline. Lead, a cumulative poison, damages both learning ability and impulse control.
One consideration: lead. Lead paint is off the market, and so is leaded gasoline. Lead, a cumulative poison, damages both learning ability and impulse control.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.