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I don't know, phones are addicting and getting a toddler hooked seems like a disservice. There's so many educational things the author could be giving their tod

I don't know, phones are addicting and getting a toddler hooked seems like a disservice. There's so many educational things the author could be giving their toddler and they're teaching them to have their eyes glued to their screen from such a young age...

HumblyTossed 3y ago
> I don't know, phones are addicting and getting a toddler hooked seems like a disservice. Phones are not addicting. Algorithmically manipulated services are addicting. > There's so many educational things the author could be giving their toddler and they're teaching them to have their eyes glued to their screen from such a young age... Like how to use one's skills and passions to develop a product for their beloved child?
- sertbdfgbnfgsd 3y ago
  I believe you're missing the crux of the problem. What's new about phones is NOT that things are manipulated so that we want more of it. "News" have been around for centuries and they've always been manipulated to give most people outrageous stuff to consume. What's new about phones is that A) they are an effectively infinite source of stuff and B) it takes 2 seconds to get them from our pocket. So you're blaming addiction on optimization by evil services, but in reality the problem are the phones themselves: they make it too easy to "get more".
jakey_bakey 3y ago
I see where you're coming from, it's a totally reasonable point. I tried from the outset to make it more like a toy that prompts you to look at the real world once it gives you information. But, this is a totally reasonable stance
- sertbdfgbnfgsd 3y ago
  I have a two year old. He loves planes too. I don't get it :-)
- qwertox 3y ago
  I like that it involves more than just scrolling. There's the thing about searching and finding it in the sky and the questions which can arise from this, like where did this plane come from. Even if it were a real radar you'd still be looking at a screen in order to make use of it.

HumblyTossed 3y ago

> I don't know, phones are addicting and getting a toddler hooked seems like a disservice. Phones are not addicting. Algorithmically manipulated services are addicting. > There's so many educational things the author could be giving their toddler and they're teaching them to have their eyes glued to their screen from such a young age... Like how to use one's skills and passions to develop a product for their beloved child?

sertbdfgbnfgsd 3y ago
I believe you're missing the crux of the problem. What's new about phones is NOT that things are manipulated so that we want more of it. "News" have been around for centuries and they've always been manipulated to give most people outrageous stuff to consume. What's new about phones is that A) they are an effectively infinite source of stuff and B) it takes 2 seconds to get them from our pocket. So you're blaming addiction on optimization by evil services, but in reality the problem are the phones themselves: they make it too easy to "get more".

jakey_bakey 3y ago

I see where you're coming from, it's a totally reasonable point. I tried from the outset to make it more like a toy that prompts you to look at the real world once it gives you information. But, this is a totally reasonable stance

sertbdfgbnfgsd 3y ago
I have a two year old. He loves planes too. I don't get it :-)
qwertox 3y ago
I like that it involves more than just scrolling. There's the thing about searching and finding it in the sky and the questions which can arise from this, like where did this plane come from. Even if it were a real radar you'd still be looking at a screen in order to make use of it.