the devices are no small part of it, but neither is car centrism and the resulting lack of agency - it was lost gradually but is now complete, at least in the U

the devices are no small part of it, but neither is car centrism and the resulting lack of agency - it was lost gradually but is now complete, at least in the US vs kids in Japan, Europe etc who are meaningfully independent from a far, far earlier age and have far, far more opportunities for socialization than kids in the US do this is not to say they do not also have their own issues (in many cases device related), but yeah, let's not pretend like car-centrism has nothing to do with it, because it absolutely does