Brian, you constantly pound out bangers like this. I think one of the only 2-3 substacks I make time for. That dopamine stuff is truly scary. Even me, sometimes I get drawn, and then only hours later realize - shit, got trapped again. My shield is meditation, being mindful, and sometimes the practice works. What scares me is - what hope is there for children to evade this? Truly concerning.
Seems this is the area our regulators should be focusing on, instead of Elon, Tesla, Spacex, etc.
Oh well, perhaps Neuralink will be antidote to this in the future.
Yea, we don't have kids, but if we did I'd certainly be concerned. I think the good news is that we mostly have managed to muddle our way through lots of societal upheaval, so maybe this will be similar and we'll figure it out. I have been thinking about that question lately - are things actually worse this time, or do we just think it's worse because there's more news/coverage because we're more interconnected, etc?
Neuralink seems like a good way to beam social media straight into your brain! But maybe also a way to control your reaction to it...heh.
Brian, you constantly pound out bangers like this. I think one of the only 2-3 substacks I make time for. That dopamine stuff is truly scary. Even me, sometimes I get drawn, and then only hours later realize - shit, got trapped again. My shield is meditation, being mindful, and sometimes the practice works. What scares me is - what hope is there for children to evade this? Truly concerning.
Seems this is the area our regulators should be focusing on, instead of Elon, Tesla, Spacex, etc.
Oh well, perhaps Neuralink will be antidote to this in the future.
Thanks for writing this.
Thanks for the kind words!
Yea, we don't have kids, but if we did I'd certainly be concerned. I think the good news is that we mostly have managed to muddle our way through lots of societal upheaval, so maybe this will be similar and we'll figure it out. I have been thinking about that question lately - are things actually worse this time, or do we just think it's worse because there's more news/coverage because we're more interconnected, etc?
Neuralink seems like a good way to beam social media straight into your brain! But maybe also a way to control your reaction to it...heh.
https://x.com/MrDanielBuck/status/1787813286429249565
Results on students in a new study of smartphone bans at 477 middle schools:
- Fewer psychiatric consultations
- Lower rates of bullying
- Higher GPAs and test scores
- Results were strongest for girls and schools with the strictest bans