A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley
&gt;Technologists building these products and writers observing the tech revolution were naïve, he said.<p>&gt;&quot;We thought we could control it,” Mr. Anderson said. “And this is beyond our power to control. This is going straight to the pleasure centers of the developing brain. This is beyond our capacity as regular parents to understand.&quot;<p>A 6 year old&#x27;s brain has no chance against a team of trained data scientists. We all know this.<p>This larger issue of screen time and tech addiction will only continue to grow. At some point maybe a decade or two it will be a smaller version of the concerns about the tobacco industry. But because it&#x27;s the brain and not the lungs it will play out differently.<p>People approach mental and physical health differently. Similarly dopamine addiction and chemical dependence are also treated differently in people&#x27;s minds. One is often viewed as a moral failing the other as more &quot;uncontrollable&quot;.<p>As much as we want it to be true, technological advancement can never be separated from social&#x2F;ethical impact. It&#x27;s not &quot;just a tool&quot; and never will be.