mhoye (temporarily spooky)I don’t spend a lot of time on here telling you all how smart my kids are but today I was talking with my son about the idea of a “Third Place” and he mentioned how all these “coming of age” stories he’s read have kids "hanging out at the mall”, and what a weird, totally alien idea that is to him and his friends. “Did they even have places you could sit down or not buy anything then? None of us have money.”
“I wish I lived in a world where I had a third space that wasn’t my room” and God Damn I felt that.
If we don’t want kids staring at screens all day then maybe we should build a world where online multiplayer chat isn’t the only third space that teenagers have available to them.
Ben Foote
Eleanor Saitta@benpocalypse
@mhoye interesting to note that most of those are de facto very male spaces. Far fewer third spaces for teenage girls.
@mhoye interesting to note that most of those are de facto very male spaces. Far fewer third spaces for teenage girls.
tom jennings@dymaxion @benpocalypse @mhoye
Space to do things largely accountable to the people using it. And no "productivity" metrics. Fuck all that. Hanging out "doing nothing" is art making. Trust is essential. Accountability is important but they had nothing to to with outcomes.