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Is this the same debate as "rock and roll is the devil's music" or "TV is rotting our kids' brains" that we have every generation, except now it's social media?

• zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
  Even those debates aren't remotely the same. Just because some people are idiots and create a scare due to irrational beliefs they have been indoctrinated with, doesn't mean that there aren't actually things to be scared of for good reasons. Rock and roll was mostly deviating from the mainstream and going against some religiously motivated moral ideas, which is an idiotic reason to be afraid of something. TV absolutely did and still does rot people's brains, so to speak, because that is actually the goal of some of the actors behind it, and similarly for the antisocial networks of today.
  • sbarre 9y ago
    Obviously they are not identical, but my point was about the social discourse (good or bad, valid or invalid, etc) around new things that disrupt or "bother" established parts of society, and are then vilified in the media, and as a result become even more controversial.. I feel like this is where we are headed with social media now.. That's all..
• allenz 9y ago
  Kind of. Every technology has costs and benefits. It's important to evaluate the net benefit on a personal and societal basis. Criticism of rock and roll was clearly overblown, but I do believe that most forms of TV and social media are detrimental.
  • opportune 9y ago
    Even in 2017, the average American watches television for over 35 hours per week.