Damus
StackSats.IO · 2w
THE LINGUA FRANCA TRAP Language, money and religion are humanity's 3 most important technologies; beyond their capacity to scale cooperation, each also carries the seeds of its own destruction baked ...
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As you say, I think you’ve managed to articulate something that a lot of people feel deep down, but can’t put into words.

I’m trying to raise the kids on a higher standard, but when all their peers are “delulu”, it’s like fighting the tide..

I believe >60% of 4 year olds have their own tablet in my country, and you can bet your ass they don’t spend 20 minutes a day on it. I personally think that the next 10-15 years, when the “screens since birth” generation comes of age, are going to be… interesting.
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StackSats.IO · 1w
We’ve got a baby so haven’t had the worst of this yet but even at a few months old I can see the effect of screens - She’s entranced even by a music video or a podcast if she sees it. A few months ago I bought a physical dictionary and every day at lunchtime I read random words to her, she do...