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...my wife and I are doing what we can to instill an analog foundation that when they do engage in devices, its more of a accompaniment to their life rather the other way around.
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I like your plan. But I'm afraid the future might find far too many folks placing a higher value on their virtual life over the one in the physical world. The real world could come to serve only as a place to gather pics, videos and other stuff for uploading to the social media flavor-of-the-week.
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Originally Posted by Sarc
So if a 50 year old brain cannot regulate their brain to give it a rest, imagine the effects on a 6 year old!
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Imagine a future with far fewer jobs for people with limited technical abilities. After all, not everyone has the chops to graduate college and go to work for Google, Microsoft or Apple...and this won't be changing much in the the coming years either. Perhaps millions will be receiving some form of Guaranteed Minimum Income because they are unemployable. What are people gonna do with all this extra free time? My guess is that many will be spending even MORE time absorbed in their phones. And we think people spend too much time in that netherworld now...just wait!
Firms like Google and FB already know what a huge chunk of the planet's people are thinking about at any given time. They're also learning how people's thoughts, leanings and actions can be influenced by what's being fed to their virtual on-line clones via the omnipresent smartphone. They then make note of subtle changes in their postings, searches and other on-line activities, as well as looking for changing trends in the culture itself. Just who are these test subjects, you might ask? Well, guess what? It's you & me and the other billions of social media users, that's who. The data pool is enormous and getting bigger all the time.
Imagine Mark Zukerberg making a run for president in 25 or 30 years from now. Do you think that having all this data at his fingertips might help him to craft a winning campaign? Interesting to think about, isn't it?