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Yea... I don't know what the right solution is, but it feels like people are getting their brains significantly influenced, or rotted by the endless dopamine hi
by genmud 3y ago
Yea... I don't know what the right solution is, but it feels like people are getting their brains significantly influenced, or rotted by the endless dopamine hits that social media bring them.
I have a small kid and most of my tech friends who are parents share the opinion that tech/computers can be extremely dangerous if not actively moderated for children.
The 2 people I know who do not let their kids use smartphones/tablets under any circumstances work in adtech and social media.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y agoOutlaw the smartphone! The smartphone is the problem. If you want to be a weirdo who spends all their time online you'll need to sit your ass down at a desktop like in the good old days. With a bit of luck that will unappealing for enough people for society to regress at least 20 years. It is also easy to enforce. They cannot be made in the UK so you "only" need to enforce the import ban.
- genmud 3y agoI know your being sarcastic, but I genuinely wonder if the net benefits actually outweighs the problems.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y agoI am not. Seriously! Outlaw that fucking device which is only good for corporate and government surveillance.
- dfawcus 3y agoActually, a variation on that may be practical without it having the overbearing big brother aspect. Simply ban then for children. So one has to be over 18 to possess and/or use one. Anyone providing a smart phone to a minor would be treated in the same way as one providing alcohol to a minor. How one then deal with use in the home may be an issue, but no worse than the situation with kids taking alcohol at home. Here one is allowed to consume alcohol at home before one is an adult, it is the parents duty to be responsible.