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by BeetleB
3089 days ago
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>Give a child access to a smartphone for years. It will change their brain, it will become a part of them (as far as they are concerned) as it will be predictable, reactive, entertaining, etc. You are describing a drug. Besides, we're not talking about taking them away for good. Just while they are in school. When I was a kid, people were into Gameboys. Yet no one took it as a punishment when schools did not allow them. |
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Yeah, so is the article.
> Chris Marcellino, who helped develop the iPhone's push notifications at Apple, told The Guardian last fall that smartphones hook people using the same neural pathways as gambling and drugs.
> Besides, we're not talking about taking them away for good. Just while they are in school.
I didn't say for good. Even during that length of time, it could be seen as a punishment. I'm not arguing that it's good to take them away or good to keep them - I'm not sure. I'm just saying it's important to recognize that taking away something like a smartphone could be a punishing experience for a person.
> When I was a kid, people were into Gameboys. Yet no one took it as a punishment when schools did not allow them.
Gameboys have only one purpose: games. Games and games alone are clearly not useful in the school environment. Smartphones have a billion purposes and have limitless potential for learning - not to mention, various other things that are important, like peace of mind in communication, etc. Again, I'm not saying these kids shouldn't be able to do without. I'm just saying it is a thing: people are attached to their smartphones in a new way, as described in the article, and taking it away can cause harm just as keeping it could.