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I love that it's a "will someone please think of the children" piece, but really, adults are just as self absorbed. Being able to see how everyone around you i
by cbanek 9y ago
I love that it's a "will someone please think of the children" piece, but really, adults are just as self absorbed. Being able to see how everyone around you is tuned out to the real world (on their phone, talking to imaginary bluetooth people) it's hard to ignore (especially when it's the person in the car next to you).
> “And I know when I take [technology] away from my kids what happens,” Fadell says. “They literally feel like you’re tearing a piece of their person away from them—they get emotional about it, very emotional. They go through withdrawal for two to three days.”
I mean, you could say the same thing for me and SNES, and that was long before phones. Or TV.
Go watch the movie Network if you haven't seen it. TV was the Facebook of its day.
I think the real question is one of human psychology and development. Now that we have more power, more information at our command, how do we use that? How does society, psychology and individual action need to change in order to let humans use the ever increasing power of technology responsibly? Same goes for climate change, nuclear weapons, poverty, healthcare, etc.