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and generally horrifying information about the state of affairs. Some choice quotes:
People always say that every generation thinks the younger generation is getting weird, and is crazier. But I believe that what I am witnessing of the gen alphas is just completely different from the type of rebellion of my generation (gen z).
People will keep saying “we’ve always complained about the newest generation,” but society is fundamentally different now and it’s not just this generation. My parents are victims too, slaves to their devices. It seems like only some Gen X and Millennials are at least technologically aware enough to see what’s going on.
The screen and media addiction of generation alpha is actually an emergency that requires government intervention. Its literally like a black mirror episode what this stuff is doing to kids.
They are that incapable of looking at stationary with print on it. If it doesn't have a back-light and it doesn't move, it will not keep their attention.
Oh yeah, big time 100%.
I do think, though, that kids growing up with a mobile device in their face with little to no regulation is not doing them any favours. Horrible attention spans, unable to focus, impatient, and so on.
I didn't post this with the intention of shitting on Gen Alpha or stoking generational warfare. Moreso just to point out how short-form video platforms in particular and screen time are frying people's brains.
Hell I even witnessed it with my own kid. For a while there we were not doing a very good job at regulating how much screen time she was getting. She would have frequent meltdowns over the dumbest and most pointless shit, couldn't regulate her emotions, couldn't focus, complained about being bored whenever she wasn't in front of a screen. As soon as we implemented some very strict daily screen time limits all of those problems went away like magic. But a lot of parents don't regulate screen time very well at all and it's setting these poor kids up to fail.
Regulating screen time is definitely a good idea. I agree. I wish more parents were that caring with their kids.
I think it's similar to the video game panic people had in the 90s, but worse because it's even more predatory and unregulated than YouTube, insta, etc. I think it affects all generations, not just Gen Alpha, everyone is hooked because it's the social norm now. Although, like you say, we have to make sure to teach kids to engage with technology in a mindful way so they can recognise when capitalism is trying to hook them to the slop machine.
The problem, like always, is everything revolving around capitalist consumer culture rather than what is actually good for people.