I think this is more a Huxley scenario than the kids being advanced in some way. Tablets and such are vastly superior dopamine engines than Lincoln logs. Kids more susceptible to increases in the reward pathway threshold aren't going to be entertained by less technologically advanced activities.
Whether this is causing some sort of harm to their development is still questionable and not particularly well studied. I think one can speculate it is an inevitable issue though, with the main question being have we created sufficiently stimulating devices to create something akin to drug use yet.
This is a really great point.
with the main question being have we created sufficiently stimulating devices to create something akin to drug use yet.
I'm fairly certain that TV watching...I mean the way normies do it, hours and hours completely tuned out of their surroundings...has been proven to mimic the effects of heroin use.
My wife and I have a very busy 2 year old, and a 3 month old. Sometimes we need him to just relax and not try to climb on stools and the kitchen countertops. It's also winter, so sending him outside is not really an option. So we will turn on the TV for a half an hour while I make supper and she puts the baby down for a nap.
It's disturbing to see how instantly hypnotized he is by the glowing jewish screen.
If you're gonna use the tv as a babysitter then you should get him some pre-2015 (preferably pre-2000) shows on dvd to watch. Pretty much everything on tv now is brainwashing and not in obvious ways you're gonna catch by glancing at the screen every once in a while.
years back before cell phones and tablets were so common late 90s early 00s they had these little Einstein videos, parents would camp their baby or toddler in front of the videos all day because it was "educational" there ended up being studies and articles coming out claiming it was making the kids autistic and setting them back from their peers.
the autistic label gets thrown onto everything it seems, but setting them back from their peers seems more plausible.
Yeah it's like tripping balls on acid every weekend for a year and then wondering why pot just doesn't cut it for you anymore. You build up a tolerance to the stimulation and mundane stuff is not going to cut it.
At the same time some of this is just the teacher being way out of touch. Slenderman and Sirenhead and crap are just trendy memes, they come from SCP wikis and some artists drawings, they are modded into all sorts of games and crap because using the models isn't going to get you sued. They are supposed to be creepy, they are the new boogie-men for the internet age. Kids latch onto them because they don't have a concept of cringe. This bitch would have been complaining about Tamagachis and Super Mario and Sonic in my day.
Technology can make learning way more immersive and enjoyable and that's half the reason the teachers fear it, it makes them obsolete, it obliterates the small shreds of power they hold. At the same time it's centralized for efficiency and this lends to total control and breaks all sorts of societal failsafes (that aren't doing us too much good right now anyway, see the commie teachers unions).
... It's a real mixed bag and I don't trust normie society to navigate the issue well.
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