doylio

I said "smartphones" not all phones. If I had a kid, I'd get them a flip phone so they could call or text me, but one without internet capabilities

I was at the right age to see the transition happen. When I started high school it was all flip phones and some kids didn't have a phone, but by the time I graduated basically everyone had a smartphone and the school added wifi. I remember feeling like the school had a less social feel in my senior year and everyone was just on their phones in the cafeteria

I think a good middle ground might be to ban smartphones but not phones entirely. If you want your kid to be able to call you, buy them a nokia or something without internet capabilities

Why not just ban smartphones in school? There's ample research now that they're harmful to teen mental health

Name 5 societies in all of history, that are as diverse as the western world today and have the levels of opportunity for minorities

One truth about the modern media landscape: stories that pit groups against each other play well

It's not a question of productivity now, it's a question of organization. Our governing institutions are too full of rent seekers and mafias now to do the kinds of things it did post WW2. Nobody can do anything big anymore because the system fights them. We can't even stop daylight savings time, which basically nobody wants to keep doing

Oh I'm so sorry! I misread your comment! I'm going to edit mine so it doesn't confuse others

Yeah I agree about the title, but that's just the internet now :(

I hadn't thought about this, it's a good point. Thank you for broadening my perspective

I wonder how Lemmy can avoid becoming an echo chamber