“These parents say their kids’ extreme overuse of phones, video games, and social media is the most difficult parenting issue they face — and, in many cases, is tearing the family apart. “ >>
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“What none of these parents understand is that their children’s and teens’ destructive obsession with technology is the predictable consequence of a virtually unrecognized merger between the tech industry and psychology.”>>
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“Persuasive technology (also called persuasive design) works by deliberately creating digital environments that users feel fulfill their basic human drives — to be social or obtain goals — better than real-world alternatives.” https://medium.com/@richardnfreed/the-tech-industrys-psychological-war-on-kids-c452870464ce …
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....and it's having the same effects on adults as it is on kids--but at least our brains (those of us who matured before the Internet) weren't marinating in digital reality throughout our childhoods.
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