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Reduced engagement with the world and other kids around them is a pretty sharp price to pay for less bullying. We really should do better.
by Llamamoe 3y ago
Reduced engagement with the world and other kids around them is a pretty sharp price to pay for less bullying. We really should do better.
- Nasrudith 3y agoSpoken like one who has never been bullied. "Engagement" is the last thing the victim wants for a damned good reason.
- Llamamoe 3y agoI have been. I just find the prospect of a world where humans barely interact with each other and are even closer to universally lonely and even less engaged with real life than right now to be extremely, extremely concerning. There's data to suggest that mobile phone use and social media in particular are responsible for vastly higher levels of mental illness than any bullying has ever been. Cutting humans off from reality is an extremely bad solution to bullying. We can and need to do better.