Literacy and numeracy are huge, and universal literacy and numeracy anywhere at all is relatively extremely new. Those both make people think much better.
Better communications, transportation, medicine, and agricultural production also mean better mental development for all involved. So, across the board, I’d say yes, people are getting “smarter” for most definitions of smarter.
Literacy and numeracy are huge, and universal literacy and numeracy anywhere at all is relatively extremely new. Those both make people think much better.
Better communications, transportation, medicine, and agricultural production also mean better mental development for all involved. So, across the board, I’d say yes, people are getting “smarter” for most definitions of smarter.