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The real result will be that kids will be educated by devices instead being educated by their parents.


... not necessarily a bad thing, if approached thoughtfully -- computers and smartphones are such fundamental parts of everyday life, it makes sense that an element of didacticism is embedded in how they're designed.


If by “educated by” you mean “have their relationship with intentionally induced addiction managed by”, then we’re on the same page.

If we can agree that tobacco and opioids are better kept away from children then we may asking why Facebook, instagram, Snapchat, addictively engineered games are not.

Of course we would also start thinking about sugar and caffeine :)


> educated by devices

Are you familiar with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmakon_(philosophy)?

This concept – and Bernard Stiegler's work in general – could really help developers and hackers understand how technology actually affects people.


Sounds like a false dichotomy.




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