Society has to decide as a group how much we will allow people to harm themselves with various addictions. Noone lives alone in this world so why act like it?
Johnny101@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Fucking conservatives in my opinion. Its not a bad way of spending time, its different. It has a different set of advantages and disadvantages. If you’re too stupid to understand it, just stay away from it. But don’t ruin it for the open minded people who are open to new ideas.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Johnny101@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I am completely against addictions, including those like algorithm social media. I am also against people who dont understand tech blaming it instead of blaming the real problem. If we just took a second to understand it we would understand how to use it responsibly.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
You could make the same argument about heroin, cocaine, marijuana, pornography, alcohol, video games, etc.
If youll notice, we as a society agree to different levels of restrictions based on the potential harm. Many new technologies cause harm but we find out after the technology is in use, so we need to constantly review and revise things.
Thats a good reason why alcohol is increasingly restricted whole marijuana is decreasingly restricted. New information is available that suggests we adjust our risk assessment.
Which technology are you implying is safer than most people think?
stochastic_parrot@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I’ve spent many hours on this and I still do not understand the real problem. What’s the real problem?
How do you use these devices responsibly?
Bullerfar@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You don’t read a whole lot of scientific articles do you? There is plenty of research (a lot from norweigen studies) that proves you wrong pal. Ipads and phones is a fucking disease for our youngsters, pretty much also for any boomer out there.
Johnny101@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Thats because they treat it like a toy, not a tool.
sleen@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
They? We treat it as a toy. All of us. And it’s all because the system is designed that way. Don’t go blaming the young adults, the teens; and the children for something you might also be doing.
Narcissism won’t get you anywhere - our internet is capitalised by corporations and you’re blaming that are trying to do something about it. To raise some awareness.
foenkyfjutschah@programming.dev 4 days ago
have been using semiconductor based tools for a few decades now. phones and tablets certainly only fit the toy category.