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I heartily agree with you except for the ongoing childhood-screentime pandemic where kids aren't going outside to play, but instead are staying inside, alone, a
by xyzzy_plugh 7mo ago
I heartily agree with you except for the ongoing childhood-screentime pandemic where kids aren't going outside to play, but instead are staying inside, alone, and maybe playing with others virtually, but with more exposure to harm (e.g. gambling). This is clearly going to cause some serious long term generational fallout.
- GMoromisato 7mo agoAgreed--we're already seeing some of that, and I fully support minimizing kids' exposure to that. I probably should have been explicit that I don't think technology has no downsides--it most certainly does. It's just, IMHO, the benefits outweigh the risks. And, over time, we figure out how to ameliorate the downsides.
- autoexec 7mo agoI'm grateful that I got the best of both worlds. When I was young I could play outside with freedom and climb around on highly dangerous playground equipment and now that I'm older and more fragile I get to stay inside on the couch and play amazing video games all day. It's a shame that kids today don't get the option to do crazy kid stuff while they're young and healthy enough to bounce back from injury. I can't blame the tech for that though. It's parents who don't restrict screentime and our society that thinks it's okay to call the police on parents who let their kids walk down the street unattended.