Ika MakimakiJan 4, 2025

I don't necessarily disagree that phones might be harmful for kids' development.

I just don't know if they're nearly as harmful as say, repeated covid infections, a collapsing biosphere, a justifiably bleak vision of their future, or even a prevalent lack of agency, independence, and spaces for socialisation.

I'd focus on those first. Then phones.

Show threadCassandrich
@pezmico Phones are about as harmful to kids' development as libraries are.
Jan 5, 2025 at 3:40pmWeb
Show threadAlexandre Oliva (moving to @[email protected])Jan 5, 2025
hmm, let's see

in libraries, librarians may suggest good books for kids to read

on phones, megacorps will distract kids with notifications and ads

they are not the same
Show threadEloy. @ EH23Jan 6, 2025
@dalias @pezmico especially glibc ;)
Show threadDragon-sided DJan 6, 2025
@dalias @pezmico
I cannot seem to find a way in which libraries provide a portal to track a child's every move 24x7, build a profile of them, and specifically manipulate their political and economic life
Show threadCassandrichJan 6, 2025
@dragonsidedd @pezmico You're buying into adtech's marketing propaganda. The edtech companies that have infested the schools know more about kids than any garbage installed on a phone does.
Show threadDragon-sided DJan 6, 2025

@dalias @pezmico I would argue the same is true of the governments that maintain enforced monopolies on those schools.

Unpopular opinion, I know, but FWIW one that was shared by the late Steve Jobs

Show threadMaggie MaybeJan 6, 2025

@dragonsidedd @dalias @pezmico right that affects their privacy though, not their development.

And I’m old enough to remember that librarians had to fight for our privacy because our government thought they should be able to track what we do in the library.

The only reason they can’t is because librarians fought for our privacy and they would literally refuse to turn over information even when they were supposed to. The REAL resistance. ❤️

Show threadAlexandre Oliva (moving to @[email protected])Jan 8, 2025
DRMed books are the way libraries are being forced to provided that portal, alas