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Teenagers are averaging over 4.5 hours per day dorking around on their smartphones, not including time spent texting or talking. So over at Techdirt Glyn Moody writes about the question specifically asked to Apple about what to do about gadget addiction among youth.
In an open letter to Apple, two of its major shareholders, Jana Partners and the California State Teachers' Retirement System, have raised concerns about research that suggests young people are becoming "addicted" to high-tech devices like the iPhone and iPad, and the software that runs on them. It asks the company to take a number of measures to tackle the problem, such as carrying out more research in the area, and providing more tools and education for parents to help them deal with the issue. The letter quotes studies by Professor Jean M. Twenge, a psychologist at San Diego State University, who is also working with the shareholders in an effort to persuade Apple to do more
(Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Saturday January 13 2018, @02:50AM (2 children)
Shareholders (in it for the dividends): encourage, promote, and improve it.
Concerned Citizens: Stop It! Think Of The Children!
Grumpy older techy types: post on news agglomeration sites, in slightly morally superior tones.
Everyone else: meh.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @02:53AM
He's the Grinch! The Naaaaaaaaaautical Grinch! He's slimy when he's sleepy, and shitty when he's peepee! He's the Griiiiiiiinch!
Oh, my. The lights are being sucked out of the room! And what will become of your defenseless snap...? Oh, there was an elevator sound! Get him! Tickle his ass!
(Score: 4, Interesting) by anubi on Saturday January 13 2018, @04:17AM
Well, anybody having fun?
Anybody getting hurt?
And if you think today's kids are bad, I am an old coot right now, and the stories I could tell you about the women of my parent's generation... mink stoles.... fancy hats festooned with rare-bird feathers... Buffums, Bullocks, Windsor, Wilshire, High fashion.... absolutely humongous drags on the family finances just to have one-upsmanship among their neighbors.
They had a name for it... "conspicuous consumption". Wanton wastefulness of resources just for show.
Today's kids are nothing compared to some of what my parent's generation were doing... and that crap was one of the reasons my my generation ( of the 60's ) had such a fallout.
That stupid congressionally-fomented war that we were supposed to fight but not supposed to win was the final straw.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]