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Don’t ban teenagers from social media (www.economist.com)

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The autonomy to be controlled by technology?

This tech is pretty new. There were decades that passed with people thinking that cigarettes were fine and lead in gas was wonderful.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And at the same time people were saying that radio or television would destroy kid's brains because they didn't want rock n roll music and racially integrated TV shows getting to them. Lots of mistakes from the past to try to avoid repeating.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

So, it's safe to keep on playing Russian roulette because no one has died yet?

The actual makers of tech make sure their own kids don't use it, which is the best argument I can think of.

https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/peter-thiel-bill-gates-steve-jobs-steve-chen-tech-billionaires-publicly-shielding-their-children-from-tech-products-social-media/