CityPop@lemmy.today to World News@quokk.au · 22 hours agoDon’t ban teenagers from social mediawww.economist.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
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minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours agoAnd at the same time people were saying that radio or television would destroy kid’s brains because they didn’t want rock n roll music and racially integrated TV shows getting to them. Lots of mistakes from the past to try to avoid repeating.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoSo, it’s safe to keep on playing Russian roulette because no one has died yet? The actual makers of tech make sure their own kids don’t use it, which is the best argument I can think of. https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/peter-thiel-bill-gates-steve-jobs-steve-chen-tech-billionaires-publicly-shielding-their-children-from-tech-products-social-media/
And at the same time people were saying that radio or television would destroy kid’s brains because they didn’t want rock n roll music and racially integrated TV shows getting to them. Lots of mistakes from the past to try to avoid repeating.
So, it’s safe to keep on playing Russian roulette because no one has died yet?
The actual makers of tech make sure their own kids don’t use it, which is the best argument I can think of.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/peter-thiel-bill-gates-steve-jobs-steve-chen-tech-billionaires-publicly-shielding-their-children-from-tech-products-social-media/