Internet in your life in the year 2021?

[KrisKramer]

I am surprised how early people give their children smart phones. I have a coworker who's 8 year old has a smart phone.

My children didn't get smart phones until they had jobs to pay for them around 16 or older.

[steve-in-kville]

I am surprised how early people give their children smart phones. I have a coworker who's 8 year old has a smart phone.

My children didn't get smart phones until they had jobs to pay for them around 16 or older.

Ours didn't get one until they were working and bought them for themselves. One exception is my oldest who was working a part time job: I had an ancient Nokia stick phone I bought new the week before 9/11. Kept it in a drawer for years after we took it out of service. We gave that to him and it had a limited amount of minutes on it in case he needed to call home, but that was pushing 8 years ago, I think. Couldn't kill that thing. Finally the battery would no longer hold a charge and a replacement could be found on ebay but it wasn't worth it given the age of the phone.

[temporal1]

2023
i’m still for min age requirements, required training and licensing for use of smartphones+social media.
not unlike drivers licenses.

^^the bill introduced in Vermont above, P.3, was good. here’s another example:

“ "Stop targeting our kids" - Senator Hawley slams social media companies” | Redacted w Clayton Morris / -13min

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced a bill to ban social media for children under 16. Is this a good idea?

[ken_sylvania]

2023
i’m still for min age requirements, required training and licensing for use of smartphones+social media.
not unlike drivers licenses.

Great idea. The requirements for licensing should include a requirement that the applicant demonstrate proficiency in proper capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure.

[steve-in-kville]

2023
i’m still for min age requirements, required training and licensing for use of smartphones+social media.
not unlike drivers licenses.

Great idea. The requirements for licensing should include a requirement that the applicant demonstrate proficiency in proper capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure.

That still wouldn't help anything.

[temporal1]

2023 i’m still for min age requirements, required training and licensing for use of smartphones+social media.
not unlike drivers licenses.

Great idea. The requirements for licensing should include a requirement that the applicant demonstrate proficiency in proper capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure.

hear hear!
that would be a cyberspace game changer, wouldn’t it? including for career journalists.

[ken_sylvania]

2023
i’m still for min age requirements, required training and licensing for use of smartphones+social media.
not unlike drivers licenses.

Great idea. The requirements for licensing should include a requirement that the applicant demonstrate proficiency in proper capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure.

That still wouldn't help anything.

I know.

[ken_sylvania]

2023 i’m still for min age requirements, required training and licensing for use of smartphones+social media.
not unlike drivers licenses.

Great idea. The requirements for licensing should include a requirement that the applicant demonstrate proficiency in proper capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure.

hear hear!
that would be a cyberspace game changer, wouldn’t it? including for career journalists.

Yea, but then you wouldn't be able to post any more!

[temporal1]

Great idea. The requirements for licensing should include a requirement that the applicant demonstrate proficiency in proper capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure.

hear hear!
that would be a cyberspace game changer, wouldn’t it? including for career journalists.

Yea, but then you wouldn't be able to post any more!

ach! i thought you were implying i could do better.

probably steve is correct:

That still wouldn't help anything.

Not all licensed drivers are good drivers.
Min age requirements and licenses go a long way to protect young ones from hazards.

None of these measures were put in place before or at the advent of motor vehicles.
It’s reasonable to expect similar to follow digital tech.

Considering tech billionaires restrict their own children’s access, i think this is a sign that should not be ignored by tech enthusiasts.
Adults protecting children/minors/dependents. Novel idea!

[temporal1]

2023

Gen Z goes retro: Why the younger generation is ditching smartphones for ‘dumb phones’
https://theconversation.com/gen-z-goes- ... nes-204992

.. Digital detox

Another reason why people might be purchasing flip phones is to do a digital detox and cut down on screen time.
A digital detox refers to a period of time when a person refrains from using their electronic devices, like smartphones, to focus on social connections in the physical world and reduce stress.

In 2022, people in the U.S. spent more than 4.5 hours daily on their mobile devices. In Canada, adults self-reported spending about 3.2 hours per day in front of screens in 2022. Children and youth had about three hours of screen time per day in 2016 and 2017.

Excessive smartphone usage can result in a number of harmful side effects, such as sleep disruption.
Just over 50 per cent of Canadians check their smartphones before they go to sleep.

The blue-light emitted from smartphones may suppress melatonin production, making it harder to sleep and causing physiological issues including reduced glucose tolerance, increased blood pressure and increased inflammatory markers. ..

^^Several points in the text.

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