The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds
I am terrified about giving smartphones to my kids.France's new rule (no smartphones in schools - no exceptions) is genius, and I applaud them for that.What is a supercomputer in your pocket, with access to a significant portion of the sum total of human knowledge, good for, for most people?Playing fucking candy crush.We wish that we, humans, were better, but we are not.So what can we do about it? I have no idea. The economic model already exists for games and facebook, and so on. And people have since the beginning of time been amused by trivial entertainment.I guess the fact of the matter, or one way of looking at it is, there will always be people who choose trivial entertainment, and there will always be folks who chase knowledge and self improvement. And now, like always, we can do both of those things. But at least now, we can quantify ourselves better, and know more about the benefits and risks. And in that way, maybe more of us will choose to improve ourselves with these amazing tools.