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Good books on this are 'Digital Minimalism' and 'How to break up with your phone'. I get worried that at some point toddlers growing up with tablets from day on
by allthecybers 7y ago
Good books on this are 'Digital Minimalism' and 'How to break up with your phone'. I get worried that at some point toddlers growing up with tablets from day one will be unable to function as in normal society and most interactions will be completely made up of people staring at a screens.
- colechristensen 7y agoCan you really drill down into the specifics for why that is a bad future?
- onion2k 7y agoSocial anxiety disorders like 'telephone phobia' are far more common now then they were a decade ago, and while there hasn't been enough study around precisely why that's the case the leading theory is that social media is making people more prone to anxiety in general. That has a negative impact on how effectively we communicate, and communication is important in pretty much everything.
- coldtea 7y agoAnother thing could be inventing anxieties where none exist -- e.g. people just don't want to be bothered to use the phone, and "doctors" of psychology etc are all too ok to call it a "phobia".
- dTal 7y agoDepends what you ultimately value. For example, is it a bad future if humans go extinct? I value, quite a lot, all the different forms of interaction that aren't mediated through a screen. I worry that in a world of omnipresent entertainment and connection to the mega-mind, we'll lose our individuality and in the process, the things that make being human fun. Why would you ever learn to play the guitar if you have infinite access to every guitar recording ever? How could you ever develop independent political thought, if you're plugged into the matrix 24/7?
- coldtea 7y agoBecause I value human bodies, companionship, and real world interaction. I don't consider the body inferior to the mind (or sex a sin).