>> Ironically due to slop I feel like we are regressing as a civilization

Well after 50 years we cant reproduce what Apollo did, and I would doubt current students of the same age would handle a 1912 Eight Grade Examination: https://www.bullittcountyhistory.com/bchistory/schoolexam191...

Survivor bias.

- Apollo had a significantly higher accepted risk. Apollo 1 or 13 would be untenable today.

- The percent of 13-year olds that made it into and through eight grade was significantly smaller in 1912. Your average poor farming kid did not go to eighth grade.