Ultra-low caps on "screen time" for kids increasingly resemble foot-binding to me
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"screen time" is such a meaningless concept in this era. when "screen" meant tv it was apt because tv is largely hypnotic nonsense and entirely passive, but now "screen" can be literally anything
I would strongly argue that even "tv" is a totally different beast now that we're not talking about a limited set of channels with master-planned programming, but literally anything on demand
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TV was pretty great; it allowed us to socialize and turn off our minds and is pretty good for attention. Devices are probably the worst thing for our brains. That's before social media added to the mix. The amount of folks struggling with anxiety is off the charts. It's so sad.
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That's certain a galaxy-brain take. Video games are far superior to TV. That being said, you're not wrong about social media, but that's not about the screen per say.
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