It’s not about the screen, it’s about the content.
Every new technology has detractors saying it’s going to ruin the children. Books were bad, then radio, then TV, then phones. The medium isn’t the issue. There is an issue with the short form content that is predominantly watched on phones though, but it isn’t the fault of the phone.
Yes I am kind of joking. The problem is, we have seen over time, books aren’t evil or bad (sounds like religious nutjubbery to me there) however we have found how bad these devices are because they are constantly dinging and giving you dopamine highs. Tell me this; will a toddler be more likely addicted to a book, or a shiny flashy iPad (that can later be leveraged by corporations into an addiction to fortnight crates/loot box shit). So in that way, yes, the screens are bad. Now I use my phone often times for reading, but you know what 99% of the population is using it for ? Mindless 6 second tik tok brainrot. Its definitely not a good thing.
The fact that we’ve gotten to the point where looking at little screen is bad so we need to lock it up to stare at big screen, is depressing.
And I love movies, but the thought of that as a society is depressing.
But, it’s all good FreeVee isn’t it?
It’s not about the screen, it’s about the content.
Every new technology has detractors saying it’s going to ruin the children. Books were bad, then radio, then TV, then phones. The medium isn’t the issue. There is an issue with the short form content that is predominantly watched on phones though, but it isn’t the fault of the phone.
Yes I am kind of joking. The problem is, we have seen over time, books aren’t evil or bad (sounds like religious nutjubbery to me there) however we have found how bad these devices are because they are constantly dinging and giving you dopamine highs. Tell me this; will a toddler be more likely addicted to a book, or a shiny flashy iPad (that can later be leveraged by corporations into an addiction to fortnight crates/loot box shit). So in that way, yes, the screens are bad. Now I use my phone often times for reading, but you know what 99% of the population is using it for ? Mindless 6 second tik tok brainrot. Its definitely not a good thing.