Comments by "neoHippie" (@morganseppy5180) on "The Dark Reality of iPad Kids" video.

  1. This is what they always said: videogames, mocies,tv, radio, music, the "wrong" church, the wrong famies, the wrong groups, etc
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  2. Oh hey, this thread again. The point is: Technology us a tool, it has no morality to it, it can be used for good or ill-- the knife that kills can also save ax life. Now, social technology is still a tool but it's offers a glimpse of ourselves bc we put so much of ouselves into it. You get different sub-cultures like black twitter or anime groups and even channel followers. Every social technology revolutionized the world (go read History of the Six Glasses, it's quick abs very eye opening) because it is disruptive, not good or bad itself. As for the algorithms abs the addictive nature of social media platforms, yes i agree that it is a danger. Just like alcohol, in fact, as a society we adapt, and try to teach everyone of the danger. Imo, it's not a new concept, but just a new version. For young ppl, in actual fact, some older adults tried to convince us that video games caused Colombine--I was there. It was absurd being told that my Sid Meiers Civilization was the same as that. But they also dragged kids to court over downloading too many songs, so it was a different time.
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  3.  @SF2036  my son could recite the alphabet before 2 thanks to ABCMouse and recognized Thomas bagels from watching the train show. A few years later, he came up and explained to me the science of fission cascade and some basics about the history around the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was 6 and had just watched a video about it. Even later, he started using British slang to get around the no cussing rule bc he watched a lot of British channels (Oxford mathematicians and others). It's just technology, and it's up to you to decide how best to use it.
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  4.  @cityguard4847  In the fourth century BC, Plato was heard to remark: "What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets, inflamed with wild notions."
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