Being a kid has changed drastically in the last 5 years. A combination of the pandemic and technological change I think. Even five years ago the 10 year olds wo

Being a kid has changed drastically in the last 5 years. A combination of the pandemic and technological change I think. Even five years ago the 10 year olds would meet in groups with mixed gender at the playground. I was playing with my small children while reminiscing on how I used to play outside like that. Nowadays, not so. All I see is smaller groups (2-3) of one gender hugging phones. So the trickle down of all things smart has reached the bottom now. This is changing society. Off course, I know that complaining about change and youth is as old as Socrates. But still, reading is gone, making music is gone, the social interaction between sexes is gone. You know that image of all machines transplaced by the smartphone? The same has happened for all things cultural. I'll play Socrates here and refuse to believe that consuming on TikTok is a cultural good. This time it's different.