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Comparing the internet we grew up with and the modern internet where a army of psychologists have been unleashed with the express intent to massively increase a

Comparing the internet we grew up with and the modern internet where a army of psychologists have been unleashed with the express intent to massively increase addiction to everything they touch is very foolish

arcfour 11mo ago
Demanding a law because you are unable to tell your kids "no" makes you the bigger fool.
- mothballed 11mo ago
  The same people demanding the anti-smart phone laws will rat your ass out the second your kid is spotted walking alone, playing independently, etc. They want to put you in a catch-22 situation. The real problem here is way less people are parents or people that have no idea what parenting is like, so they don't understand the practicalities of raising children so they come up with the dumbest laws possible and then lord it over you with the full weigh of the state so they can pretend to be parents but with none of the responsibility and all of the smug moral superiority.
  - thatguy0900 11mo ago
    The people doing that are themselves victims of social media and news fear mongering and engagement maxxing
  - hobom 11mo ago
    Jonathan Haidt, the most prominent psychologist pushing for restrictions on social media use for children, is also the most prominent proponent of letting kids play and roam more freely. So no, those are not the same people.
- thatguy0900 11mo ago
  This is not about telling kids no. This is about companies (and foreign hostile governments!) worth billions of dollars openly studying how best to prey on children's minds. There are things that are just poisonous to society as a concept.
  - ctoth 11mo ago
    You gonna at least gesture at one of these Cognitohazards that are so poisonous we can't even discuss them? Because I admit to being curious!
    - GaryBluto 11mo ago
      > You gonna at least gesture at one of these Cognitohazards that are so poisonous we can't even discuss them I would show you but you'd need your shatter goggles.

arcfour 11mo ago

Demanding a law because you are unable to tell your kids "no" makes you the bigger fool.

mothballed 11mo ago
The same people demanding the anti-smart phone laws will rat your ass out the second your kid is spotted walking alone, playing independently, etc. They want to put you in a catch-22 situation. The real problem here is way less people are parents or people that have no idea what parenting is like, so they don't understand the practicalities of raising children so they come up with the dumbest laws possible and then lord it over you with the full weigh of the state so they can pretend to be parents but with none of the responsibility and all of the smug moral superiority.
- thatguy0900 11mo ago
  The people doing that are themselves victims of social media and news fear mongering and engagement maxxing
- hobom 11mo ago
  Jonathan Haidt, the most prominent psychologist pushing for restrictions on social media use for children, is also the most prominent proponent of letting kids play and roam more freely. So no, those are not the same people.
thatguy0900 11mo ago
This is not about telling kids no. This is about companies (and foreign hostile governments!) worth billions of dollars openly studying how best to prey on children's minds. There are things that are just poisonous to society as a concept.
- ctoth 11mo ago
  You gonna at least gesture at one of these Cognitohazards that are so poisonous we can't even discuss them? Because I admit to being curious!
  - GaryBluto 11mo ago
    > You gonna at least gesture at one of these Cognitohazards that are so poisonous we can't even discuss them I would show you but you'd need your shatter goggles.