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Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1p48x0x/can_anyone_confirm_are_modern_students_really/
Turns out that capitalism in decay produces an environment which is actively harmful to human growth and flourishing. Who could have predicted that?
There are so many things wrong with the way we raise kids. Right from day one the whole community is supposed to raise a child and teach them. Instead we are isolated in family groups. But those family groups don't have the time and energy to both work and raise a child, so the child gets raised by an algorithm. The algorithm is designed for engagement, not education, so they are essentially raised by a toy.
The thing that scares me the most though is how parents are using monitoring technology. Kids are growing up thinking constant surveillance is normal and OK. They are going to grow up and not knowing how to set boundaries.
What happens when a little girl grows up, gets a boyfriend, and thinks that it's perfectly fine that he installed a stalking app on her phone, because after all, that's what her mother used to do?
The surveillance normalization thing is something I never really thought about. It’s a scary thought.
The first time I heard about the "elf on a shelf" practice was a
moment for me because it was a little too on-the-nose in the wake of the Patriot Act.
Wait, tell me what that is besides a viral toy for kids like 5 years ago
Apparently it started back in 2005 as a viral marketing thing that was supposed to be an extension of the "be good because Santa is always watching" trope, now with physical toys. But yeah, it normalizes the idea of surveillance, even if there isn't a literal NSA wiretap tied into every toy elf. It's insidious.
it changes "santa just knows if you're good or bad" like an omniscient demigod of gift giving into "santa has an extensive surveilance network to see if you're good or bad and tampering with it means you're bad"
Ah, yeah that's pretty tame but still creepy
don't get started on the family vlogging channels, imagine your first time talking to your boyfriend or girlfriend as a teen being used as a youtube video. the kids watching will normalize it too.
Even 10 years ago people were broadcasting their snapchat locations to the world. There really is no sense of privacy anymore lol
Yeah it's wild. Even back then I looked sideways at my peers like "Oh god we're just all doing this huh? I'm going to made to be a weirdo for not going along with this, aren't I?"