Frédéric JacobsI really like this ad campaign in Paris.
“Another addiction is possible"
Less screens, more reading.
Nazo@fj The problem with this is the idea that tech is the devil isn't really the answer here. I would argue that the tech actually gives us the opportunity for much more. I've been on computers for a very very long time and I started reading books digitally in something like 2005. Yes paper feels (and potentially smells) nice, but nicer still is having something like a hundred books I can easily just carry around anywhere I go.
The problem lies not in the need for age gating, kicking kids off social media entirely, etc etc, but in getting them on to books at all. Your real biggest enemy are those like Amazon who have changed the digital market into a gated and heavily paid one. Start with Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, etc and get them into stuff they actually like. Find DRM-free
tschenkelThat's where libraries come in (the add is for libraries). It is difficult to get DRM free current books. So the options are (a) read books that are out of copyright (too old to be enticing to kids), (b) pirate digital books, (c) read paper books, which are easier to swap around with your friends, or (d) use your library, which may have digital books, but will have a vastly greater selection of paper books, because ebook contracts for libraries are extortions.
It's easy to forget that access to ebooks is only easy for priviledged groups (either financially or digitally skilled).
@tschenkel @fj I mentioned two places where some can be found. The Internet Archive even has some current stuff. And I disagree that it requires complex skills to access it. There are even sometimes things like library apps that can have stuff. And then too there are places with options. As they say, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
I do admit that we have a problem in just how much is indeed locked down behind various DRM methods and paid prices though. That is a major issue, but I'm afraid it kind of applies to just about everything equally. You'll find less of the latest stuff in libraries too. (They try, but they have limits, plus lately it's getting harder and harder to get the funds they deserve.) We need this stuff to be less extremely commercial definitely.