You're interpreting this as nannyism with respect to the internet as a whole, while I think the pledge is really just about smartphones. If kids want to go and

You're interpreting this as nannyism with respect to the internet as a whole, while I think the pledge is really just about smartphones. If kids want to go and watch gore and porn on their laptops they should be free to do so. The smartphone that is always on, always fighting for your attention, and always in your pocket has proven to be harmful to the development of most children. > What's more harmful is preventing discovering adaptation and self-balancing on their own in the face of endless entertainment wish diminishing value. I really wish kids would still learn self-balancing on their own. But the odds are stacked against them in the current age. TikTok and Instagram have gotten too good at this, backed by teams of scientists and ML models working with passion to fight their self-control.