I grew up in the '70s. My parents limited us to one hour of TV per day, but I had friends who spent nearly every waking hour when they weren’t in school parked in front of the television. Like, six to seven hours per day and more on the weekends. The stats back that up, too.
I’ve seen parents pushing toddlers around strapped into a stroller with a tablet mounted on an arm right at the kid’s eye level. Even if the kid wanted to stop looking at the tablet, they’d have a hard time. They’re basically Ludovico Technique-ing their own kids.
I miss the good ol’ days when mass-market TV is what rotted kids’ brains. Brain-rotting TikTok slop is totally different from that.
It definitely seems more… Distilled? Concentrated?
There’s also much less opportunity for regulation and a far more rapid response to shifting incentives
yeah, no. tv was a lot better than how fucking tiktok is today.
The short form really fucks people up.
yeah, but those of us who grew up on tv didn’t have ubiquitous access to screens either.
I grew up in the '70s. My parents limited us to one hour of TV per day, but I had friends who spent nearly every waking hour when they weren’t in school parked in front of the television. Like, six to seven hours per day and more on the weekends. The stats back that up, too.
I’ve seen parents pushing toddlers around strapped into a stroller with a tablet mounted on an arm right at the kid’s eye level. Even if the kid wanted to stop looking at the tablet, they’d have a hard time. They’re basically Ludovico Technique-ing their own kids.