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The addictive screen argument is almost as tired as the argument that video games are bad. It's like the argument about students starting out the window, or at
by stephengillie 8y ago
The addictive screen argument is almost as tired as the argument that video games are bad.
It's like the argument about students starting out the window, or at a ceiling, during a lesson. The answer is not to remove the windows, nor is "scolding the ape" a good solution. The real answer is to compete on engagement, and make the lesson more interesting than what's outside the window.
Likewise, the way to have more people engaged in a sporting event is to make the game more engaging. But then more people yell obscenities at the referee.
In the end, all of this "screen time" nonsense is just a dumb way for some people to feel better than other people.
- slededit 8y ago> make the lesson more interesting than what's outside the window Powering through boring material is an important life skill. You can be bored to tears by your boss or your job but you still have to do it. A person will learn better from an engaging teacher, but someone with no experience learning from dry content will be woefully unprepared for that first experience.
- wffurr 8y agoWindows aren't designed by teams of highly paid experts to drive engagement metrics. There is no way ordinary life can compete with that.