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> kids need millions of experiences of conflict, getting lost, struggling with something, failing in a low-stakes environment Does Jonathan Haidt (who is very
by notacoward 4y ago
> kids need millions of experiences of conflict, getting lost, struggling with something, failing in a low-stakes environment
Does Jonathan Haidt (who is very close to my own age BTW) not get that most of these things can happen with video games too? There might be a lot of other benefits to being outdoors, and drawbacks to video games, but in terms of these specific things that are core to his thesis, the contrast is nowhere near as great as he makes it out to be.
- mountainriver 4y agoHe talked about the video games on a recent podcast with Lex Friedman, I guess they don’t have the same detrimental effect as social media because they aren’t likes based