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And also scary is the reverse where everything you do when you're 12 now is likely going to be archived forever.
by tudelo 8y ago
And also scary is the reverse where everything you do when you're 12 now is likely going to be archived forever.
- watwut 8y agoI am pretty sure 12 years old are incapable to cause as much sociopathic harm as adults with too much power.
- gerbilly 8y agoI wouldn't be so sure. While I agree that the scope of a twelve year old's power is limited, children can be unimaginably cruel.
- pjc50 8y agoBritain's youngest murderers were about 12. I'm not sure that proves anything.
- petercooper 8y ago10, even :-( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger The prosecution successfully argued against the 'defense of infancy' based on things the kids said themselves admitted they had planned to do to the victim.
- watwut 8y agoAdults kill too and can be more methodical about it. Adults kill more often then children on average.
- close04 8y agoKids have a much more blurred sense of right and wrong, and concept of consequences. As such they have a lot fewer internal restraints.
- watwut 8y agoThey don't have full capabilities yet. Their ability to plan is lower and their impulse control too. There is not way for them to enact years long plan and build networks of supporters before acting.
- tudelo 8y agoI was not making a comparison.
- mhb 8y agoWhen Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/when-kids-realize-their-whole-life-already-online/582916/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/when-...