Bad attempt at a troll post...
IQ has been increasing at incredible rates since 1950, so much so that the average kid in 1950 would be mentally handicapped by today's standards, and the average kid today would be exceptionally gifted by 1950s standards. It's referred to as the Flynn Effect.
Technology has assisted in this, and the gap of what we are capable of with and without it will only continue to grow... intellectual deficiency will simply be tied to your abiliy (or willingness) to utilize the tools that are present. People with a better grasp of technology and keep up with it will continually outsmart those that do not. And visual media is a huge part of this...
Riiiight...
Tell me a how many 10-18 yr olds or people who know their own home phone number or phone numbers of their friends. They can't. The ability to remember is degrading quickly thanks to technology.
IQ is not increasing, people are just keeping up with technology and education but once that's been obtained, using technology excessively kills the brain because it requires no intelligence other than motor skills of a 3 year old.
Saying people of past were not as smart is very typical response from an inferior person. The technology being implemented today was created/theorized by those people you believe are not as intelligent as people of today.
People are more dumb now that ever before and also feel entitled to everything. Technology will be our downfall until we learn to use it for a better purpose.