The Atlantic
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
Summary · 20+ min · · More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis. · Shared by 2184, including Jonathan Haidt, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Chris Messina, Mark Kaigwa, Balaji, Damien Van Achter, Josh Elman, Jane, Liliane Ferrari ™, Curadoria | Update or Die!, Stephen C Sanders, Thomas Power, Justin Tiehen, Mathew Ingram, Howard Getson, Gerd Leonhard, Stowe Boyd, AfroMum, Bruce Daisley, Azeem Azhar
Guardian Tech
'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
20+ min · · The Google, Apple and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race… · Shared by 1389, including Daniel Boos, Josh Elman, Nico Lumma, Thomas Power, Nir Eyal, Mike Butcher, Casey Smith, Bill Widmer, Mathew Ingram, Hugo Amsellem, Ryan Hoover, Tristan Harris, DHH, Jane, Gerd Leonhard, John Battelle, Chris Messina, Charlie Oliver, Rf, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦
youtube.com
First Look at Nintendo Labo
· Get ready to Make, Play and Discover with Nintendo Labo! Nintendo Labo is a new line of interactive build-and-play experiences that combine DIY creations wit... · Shared by 427, including Gui Schmitt, Ron McIntyre, Dominik Grolimund, Miguel, Luzius Meisser, Thomas Telandro, Brad Brooks, kotobato, Nicolas Berg, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Rodrigo Prior, Fabrizio Bianchi, Florian Hanke 🍎, Stephanie A Kowalski, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧
The New York Times
A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley
6 min · · “I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.” · Shared by 247, including Brian Solis, Mark Kaigwa, wahalulu@fosstodon.org Marck Vaisman, Neil Lee, Katja Evertz, Martina Grolimund, Dominik Grolimund, Bjorn Larsen, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, Mark Little, Vincenzo Tremonte, Tim O'Reilly, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, David Abrams, Nils Hitze, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Kim Dik, Thomas Telandro
Slate
I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You.
5 min · · Real coding is the difficult task of creating something unique. · Shared by 164, including Johannes Lenz, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, tcherno, Dominik Grolimund, Mark Buccella, Vikram Dutt, Sébastien Bonset, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Andrei Luca, Liliane Ferrari ™, Real Python, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Oscar MacDonald, Florian Hanke 🍎
Gizmodo
Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, And It Won't Tell Me How
6 min · · Rebecca Porter and I were strangers, as far as I knew. Facebook, however, thought we might be connected. Her name popped up this summer on my list of “People You May Know,” the social network’s roster… · Shared by 159, including L. Taylor Banks, Mathew Ingram, Chintan Shah, Danny Prol, ➤ Cyril Druesne, Morten Gade, blinch, Jane, Call Me ❝MICKEY❞, DON’T PANIC, Mike Butcher, Thomas Pleil, Data Science Renee, Jo Alchin, Alain, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Markus Maurer, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina
WIRED
The Glorious, Almost-Disconnected Boredom of My Walk in Japan
13+ min · · How I modified my digital tools to reconnect with time on a six-week, 620-mile trip on foot across the country. · Shared by 120, including Dr Joana Casaca Lemos, Bjorn Larsen, Bryan William Jones, Craig Mod, Ryan Singer, Matthew Guay, Howard Getson, Oliver Reichenstein, Jane, Esther Schindler, Tom Connor, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 瑞拿頭, Tauno, Dominik Grolimund
The Atlantic
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
20+ min · · What the Internet is doing to our brains · Shared by 51, including apapanto, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, irene-rubio
Human Parts
What I Gave My Kid Instead of a Smartphone
8 min · · After seeing things on social media no parent could unsee, I decided to do something about it · Shared by 28, including Kim Scott 🇺🇦 #BLM, Christian Fauteux, Helmi
Psychology Today
Why Social Media is Not Smart for Middle School Kids
20+ min · · Tweens' brains are simply too immature to use social media appropriately. · Shared by 13, including @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good, Sam Proud, Dr. Laura Markham
worth.com
A New Wealth Gap is Growing—Attention Inequality
3 min · · Why you should care about the “Kardashian coefficient.” · Shared by 5, including David Pearce
Indiegogo💡
Light Phone 2
· A simple 4G phone with e-ink, messaging & other essential tools—a phone that actually respects you. | Check out 'Light Phone 2' on Indiegogo.