Re: "We are now constantly connected and hungry for data..."
Twenty odd years ago when I got together with my (now) wife, she would have been the first to admit that she was of average* intelligence (by IQ standards at any rate).
It is a point of humour between us now that every year my wife is getting smarter. Not because she has developed her mind like an Olympic athlete develops their body, but because the average is being lowered so dramatically :)
*Her eQ is *way* above mine, probably more than my iQ is above hers.