tools not toys
exploring how we escape the trap of the dopamine machine ala black mirror ala smart phone
tools not toys
“There’s the old anecdote we were all taught in Psych 101,” Martin said, “which is that physical environment matters. I think a separate device matters here: sometimes you’re reading, and you’re in a slow section, and you have that random thought, like, what was that thing I wanted to buy on Amazon? And you’re there without thinking about it.” A de... See more
The Boox Palma is an amazing gadget I didn’t even know I wanted
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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We’re better than this…
HMD’s Barbie flip phone goes extremely hard
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The intrusion of smartphones and social media are not the only changes that have deformed childhood. There’s an important backstory, beginning as long ago as the 1980s, when we started systematically depriving children and adolescents of freedom, unsupervised play, responsibility, and opportunities for risk taking, all of which promote competence,
... See moreJonathan Haidt • The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood
There is no reason the world must stay this way, the internet has already rebirthed some informal skill transfer that once existed. This constitutes a beautiful reawakening of meaningful work for anyone interested, and is one of the most significant changes from prior decades. For that matter there might be more tools than ever for clever parents t... See more
Simon Sarris • The Most Precious Resource is Agency
