Comment on Do you fear for children's future with social media growing even more?
bstix@feddit.dk 3 days ago
Why is it always about protecting the kids from technology?
I’m way more concerned about the future of the elderly having technology than the children.
Old people out of touch with technology are dangerous. In 20 years that’ll be you and me and we are going to lose touch and we are going to do dangerous shit. How do we stop ourselves from doing that?
The__Guy_Fawkes@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I was more concerned about the bullying and creeps finding your kid’s photos online.
bstix@feddit.dk 3 days ago
Current old people grew up with the technology of their time: cars and television. Yet they’re the worst drivers and watch televised propaganda all day long.
If we want to save the children from social media, we first need to accept that it’s a problem for everybody, not just kids, since we also can’t handle it safely by ourselves and especially not when we get older.
Social Media is somewhat like the discovery of birth control pills. At first it opened for some freedom, but Social Media is now in the AIDS phase. I don’t think it is possible to make a fool proof legal restriction for neither kids or old people, but we can teach and encourage a cultural change for safe practices.
The__Guy_Fawkes@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That is nothing compared to the tech of today.
3abas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
“what’s a computer”
Most of these ipad kids are just as illiterate as old people who don’t understand how to switch apps on an ipad. Knowing how to use Snapchat isn’t a skill, they don’t know how how to mount a drive, they are just as susceptible to propaganda and tomorrow’s advanced technology won’t just make sense to them when they’re older.