http://dagblog.com/link/digital-gap-between-rich-and-poor-kids-not-what-we-expected-26561 Comments for "The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected" en http://dagblog.com/comment/260616#comment-260616 <a id="comment-260616"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/digital-gap-between-rich-and-poor-kids-not-what-we-expected-26561">The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Secondary piece:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/phones-children-silicon-valley.html?utm_source=CNN+Media%3A+Reliable+Sources&amp;utm_campaign=3e14331869-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_11_04_47_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_e95cdc16a9-3e14331869-81738817"> A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley</a></p> <p><em>“I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.”</em></p> <p>By Nellie Bowles @ NYTimes.com, Oct. 26</p> <blockquote> <p>SAN FRANCISCO — The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided <a class="css-1g7m0tk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/silicon-valley-nannies.html?module=inline" title="">they don’t want their own children anywhere near them</a>.</p> <p>A wariness that has been slowly brewing is turning into a regionwide consensus: The benefits of screens as a learning tool are overblown, and the risks for addiction and stunting development seem high. The debate in Silicon Valley now is about how much exposure to phones is O.K.</p> <p>“Doing no screen time is almost easier than doing a little,” said Kristin Stecher, a former social computing researcher married to a Facebook engineer. “If my kids do get it at all, they just want it more.” [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Sat, 27 Oct 2018 05:07:36 +0000 artappraiser comment 260616 at http://dagblog.com