It’s so funny to live at the end of the “don’t read that, it’ll rot your brain” era and the beginning of the “don’t watch that, it’ll rot your brain” era.
Seems like whatever young people are doing in a given moment is wrong
What if books were invented after video games?
These new ‘libraries’ that have arisen in recent years to facilitate reading activities are a frightening sight: dozens of young children, normally so vivacious and socially interactive, sitting alone in cubicles, reading silently, oblivious to their peers.
But perhaps the most dangerous property of these books is the fact that they follow a fixed linear path. You can’t control their narratives in any fashion - you simply sit back and have the story dictated to you. Why would anyone want to embark on an adventure utterly choreographed by another person? But today’s generation embarks on such adventures millions of times a day.
This risks instilling a general passivity in our children, making them feel as though they’re powerless to change their circumstances. The book readers of the younger generation are learning to ‘follow the plot’ instead of learning to lead.
From “Everything Bad Is Good for You” by Steven Johnson
A beautiful piece of contrarianism.
Idk if I’d call it convincing, but it’s a great illustration of how you can turn all these critiques on their heads and sound just as “concerned”.
Socrates complained that reading and writing would make the youth dumb because they no longer had to rely on memory alone. Old people railing against any change in tradition is a tale older than time.
We’ve moved on to the “don’t play that” era
That’s been a thing for decades.
Be happy that this is what you’re getting from the picture.
I’m 14 and this is deep moment.
It’s much worse than that.
im 72 and this is todays youth
or something like that, i domt have lead in my paint
I need a doctor at these depths
Well I got aphantasia, so I’ll stick with tv and films thanks
I had to look up the definition of aphantasia as I’d never heard of it before. That is so fascinating!
Do you have an inner monologue? I read that they can sometimes co-occur.
I don’t have that either
It’s a spectrum, but I seem to be on the see nothing in my mind end
Ok but what if the kid on the left is watching bill nye, the kid on the right looking at porno mags?
Shouldn’t the thesis here be message > media not media > message?
It’s definitely an experiment, but is isn’t Bill Nye.
Jar Jar?
I can only see one man one jar and that is definitely not age appropriate for that kid
