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That's a shame. It's a very important time in most people's lives. They need perspective. They need advice. An entire library on their phone could give them pro
by damnesian 3y ago
That's a shame. It's a very important time in most people's lives. They need perspective. They need advice. An entire library on their phone could give them professional career advice, instructions for applying to college, how to balance a bank account, etc.
It takes editing, vetting, corroboration, a whole set of safeguards and checks to get a nonfiction title to print. Any idiot, propagandist, psycho maniac can put some garbage on social media. Creating barriers to all of that vetted literature is basically throwing kids to the wolves- the friction is lower, that's where kids will go for their answers.
We live in an era where adults feel no responsibility to the greater good. Only whatever reinforces their tribal identity.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoThe only solution is to help willing and interested people flee these jurisdictions. You wouldn’t try to fix failing countries; you’d issue humanitarian visas.