greg fitz
@gregmfitz
pragmatic optimist • product marketing @square • jersey diners, small businesses, cartoons, springsteen
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https://downtoconvert.com/ 04-04-2008 05:59:18
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• Jonathan Haidt’s proposed reforms (1) No smartphones before high school → Parents should delay children’s entry into round-the-clock internet access by giving only basic phones (phones with limited apps and no internet browser) before ninth grade (roughly age 14) (2) No social
The kids are joining running clubs, buying “dumb” phones, woodworking, rocking Walkmans, joining supper clubs, etc because their lives have been swallowed by digital black boxes, and in this moment of uncertainty (tension re: war, AI, climate), they crave tangibility. It’s simple