Just like how Michelangelo had the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel on which to display his work, the idiots of today have the internet.  

People are using chickens as measurement systems, giving out alcohol to the homeless, and putting their love for Eminem above their own family. 

The best-case scenario is our descendants smarten up, but at this rate, humanity is headed toward annihilation by stupidity. Whatever the opposite of the Renaissance is, we’re probably living in it right now.