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ben_hn commented on School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study   york.ac.uk/news-and-event... · Posted by u/jonatron
rTX5CMRXIfFG · a year ago
OK, but anyone who makes this argument should at least put some effort into thinking about how to define what is a social network, and what is an addictive game. It’s not that you’re wrong, but you need to think about the execution and making sure that the criteria has a strong basis in principle that can be used to justify the decisions on what to ban. Otherwise you’re just suggesting the impossible
ben_hn · a year ago
You're right. Defining the criteria for marking an app as harmful might not be straightforward or easy. But we're talking about the education and life of the children. These difficulties shouldn't a preventing factor. Maybe it's easier to allow services and apps one by one when there is a need only. Whatever that's not, let kids have a phone with internet and everything that comes along.
ben_hn commented on School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study   york.ac.uk/news-and-event... · Posted by u/jonatron
dmd · a year ago
This is the same argument people make for not banning guns, and it's a bad argument there too.
ben_hn · a year ago
I've never lived in a country where carrying gun is allowed and im not much familiar with the topic, so I won't comment on that. But I lived through the time that there was no phone and then when there were phones with non of these junk apps on them and now. This, I believe, makes it very clear, what the real cause of these problems is.
ben_hn commented on School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study   york.ac.uk/news-and-event... · Posted by u/jonatron
ben_hn · a year ago
It's not phones or tablets. It's the wrong doing apps / social netwrks / games. Same applies to friends: there are friend circles that bring only bad behaviors. We don't ban friendship because of that. Ban social network apps. Ban addictive games. Ban notifications and any other FOMO-triggering mechanisms. Don't ban phones.

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