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The headline is chilling, but the actual content of the article boils down to "Many people in Silicon Valley feel that too much screen time is bad for kids". T
by mangoman 8y ago
The headline is chilling, but the actual content of the article boils down to "Many people in Silicon Valley feel that too much screen time is bad for kids".
That being said, I found this anecdote to be particularly... unsettling.
> “I try to tell him somebody wrote code to make you feel this way — I’m trying to help him understand how things are made, the values that are going into things and what people are doing to create that feeling,” Mr. Lilly said. “And he’s like, ‘I just want to spend my 20 bucks to get my Fortnite skins.’”
It's tough to explain away the emotional desire for something that was manufactured to be cool and addictive
- humanrebar 8y agoWatch the Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine clip.