At Our Wits' End: Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future

We are becoming less intelligent. This is the shocking yet fascinating message of At Our Wits' End.

The authors take us on a journey through the growing body of evidence that we are significantly less intelligent now than we were a hundred years ago. The research proving this is:

• Profoundly thought-provoking
• Highly controversial
• Currently only read by academics

But the authors are passionate that this knowledge cannot remain ensconced in the ivory tower any longer.

A Groundbreaking Contribution

With At Our Wits’ End, the authors present the first-ever popular scientific book on this crucially important issue. They argue that:

• Intelligence ― which is strongly genetic ― was increasing up until the breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution.
• This was because we were subject to the rigors of Darwinian Selection, where having many surviving children was the preserve of the cleverest.

However, since the Industrial Revolution, intelligence has gone into rapid decline, as large families are increasingly the preserve of the least intelligent.

Exploring the Past, Present, and Future

The book delves into:

• How this shift has occurred
• The consequences this trend holds for the future

The Big Questions

Can we find a way to reverse the decline of our IQ? Or are we on the brink of witnessing the collapse of civilization and the rise of a new Dark Age?

At Our Wits' End is both a wake-up call and a thought-provoking exploration of what the future holds for humanity.