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How about applying some (survivorship?) bias here? Smartphones and the internet make access to knowledge easier for everyone, but that is a small amount of wha
by mrisoli 9y ago
How about applying some (survivorship?) bias here?
Smartphones and the internet make access to knowledge easier for everyone, but that is a small amount of what is otherwise cluttered with mostly useless(and sometimes damaging content), which naturally, appeal to the larger part of the population.
However, if having access to a smartphone can help some kids learn a little bit more, or maybe change someone's life by just making it easier to browse useful content, isn't it worth it? Those who won't find a good use for a phone would just have some other silly pastime if phones didn't exist.
I say just let people play candy crush, maybe while they are waiting for a life reload they might learn something on the tiny screen.
- cortic 9y agocurious, but what do you mean by 'damaging content'; Or would it hurt me if you told me?
- mrisoli 9y agoWell, we have useless content, which might be entertaining but otherwise provide no real benefits to the user, by damaging I mean content that influences people in a negative way(fake news, hate speech, etc). Maybe the right word here is "harmful", but English is not my first language to be 100% sure.
- cortic 9y agoi see, thanks for explaining that. I suppose 'disinformation' would be the most apt word for what you are meaning.