The play-based childhood is over; the phone-based childhood is here.

Cthulhu_ 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not universally though, the local skate park and sports fields see plenty of activity.

	▲	darrylb42 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Just until they are shutdown to put in pickleball for retirees.
	▲	chronciger 17 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Not universally though, the local skate park and sports fields see plenty of activity. Sure if “at least one match” means activity. Back in the day, you couldn’t find parking for several blocks radius around every public sports field.

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hrimfaxi 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thankfully that state is far from evenly-distributed.

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tyleo 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s here but do we think it’s better? Should it stay?

As a society we do get to answer these questions.

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LeifCarrotson 17 hours ago | parent [-]

As a society we've proven over and over again that we're unable to solve these problems that require coordination against greed. We've pulled the smartphone out of Pandora's box.

There's a 500B industry selling the phones, 2.5 trillion selling telecom services, trillions more selling social media, and most of the economy involves selling their products over the internet. Those are some HUGE incentives to maintain the status quo, or get people even more addicted yet.

I don't think our society is capable of answering that question and starting a Dune-style "Butlerian Jihad" and destroying all machines-that-think.

	▲	naIak 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, the issue is that most parents don’t want to do any parenting. There’s a product that makes children shut up, of course it’s selling out.