The vastly greater freedom, expression, and choice today’s technologies afford is why reactionary older generations raised on stultifying media seek to suppress them.
Thank you for your posts. Always a breath of fresh air to understand your arguments and nuance.
One thing I'm always curious - as a member of Gen Z and born after 9/11 - is what's the whole buzz about "screen time" and us Zoomers staying inside all the time? I can't exactly walk to a 3rd place these days, so it's a self-defeating cycle for me. Stay inside->lack of IRL socialization->loop. I mean, I do like to meet with people face to face every so often, but being home alone doing college and higher ed stuff while everyone else goes to work for a fair few hours does get to me and does make me feel lonely and isolated (esp since my parents are very much in the Haidt camp while I very much agree with your contemporaries like danah boyd, plus my lackadaisical approach to responsibilities such as homework assignments).
Thank you for your posts. Always a breath of fresh air to understand your arguments and nuance.
One thing I'm always curious - as a member of Gen Z and born after 9/11 - is what's the whole buzz about "screen time" and us Zoomers staying inside all the time? I can't exactly walk to a 3rd place these days, so it's a self-defeating cycle for me. Stay inside->lack of IRL socialization->loop. I mean, I do like to meet with people face to face every so often, but being home alone doing college and higher ed stuff while everyone else goes to work for a fair few hours does get to me and does make me feel lonely and isolated (esp since my parents are very much in the Haidt camp while I very much agree with your contemporaries like danah boyd, plus my lackadaisical approach to responsibilities such as homework assignments).