Socrates bemoaned those young’ns who had the audacity to read their Homer, instead of memorizing it.

Children and Radio

  • ylph@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The kids always adapt though.

    There is a strong survivorship bias in this though. Some kids do adapt, maybe even most, but many still are harmed, and have been by unhealthy exposure to radio, television, videogames, etc. in the past. Social media is even wreaking havoc in the older generations right now.

    It’s easy to point at the survivors and the success stories and say see, there is nothing to worry about - but that’s also a bit like pointing at the lifelong smokers who do not get lung cancer as an argument against promoting non-smoking.