The authors' (there are two) position is that yes, people are already stupid enough, but it will get much worse:
"We may soon look back on this era of TikTok, Love Island and Zack Polanski as an age of dignity and restraint."
"We may soon look back on this era of TikTok, Love Island and Zack Polanski as an age of dignity and restraint."
Move along, nothing to see here.