> your children are turned into a mindless vassals—who now, watch some teenager dancing, instead of watching YouTube videos about Thomas Jefferson, or Nikola Tesla, or even Magellan; I mean, kids, Magellan is a lot cooler than Justin Bieber!
Not sure what kind of a reality you live in or whether this is a satirical comment, but pretty sure that before TikTok existed, kids were not en-masse spending their time on YouTube watching educational videos about Thomas Jefferson or Magellan.
Also, kind of weird to bring up Justin Bieber, given his peak popularity among children happened over half a decade ago. TikTok has nothing to do with his popularity.
>> instead of watching YouTube videos about Thomas Jefferson, or Nikola Tesla, or even Magellan
> Not sure what kind of a reality you live in
This sounds like a neckbeard fantasy of what an 'intellectual' childhood is like. In reality, I doubt any child has been raised that way since John Stuart Mill, and he was suicidal by 20.
Fwiw, I went to a school whose students, well- if anyone in the world were raised as described by that commenter, those would be the people. I can say without a doubt that the kids whose parents were even approaching that kind of attitude are the ones who grew up more depressed, and no more accomplished.
(My underlying point is that, needless hopefully to say, no one has ever grown up without idle entertainment. Well, short of cavemen, maybe. This whole "take previous generations'/societies' high culture and assume it's what everyone did day in day out" is one of the most irritating of the neckbeard tropes, in a strong field of competitors.)
The OPs comment was deleted when I read it, so the following is based on your reply.
The OP seems to have made a bad choice of words, paranoid and conspiratory. However, the sentiment, in a milder form, is something I can relate to. The adverse impact of TikTok, Reels and Shorts are being studied and the early findings are alarming. It will have a civilisation level impact by the end of the decade. Even with the learning channels. They can add to the addiction of the nerds.
Easy, tiger. I actually think TikTok, for me at least, is the most enjoyable social network. I don't see any of the things that cause you such angst simply because their algorithm has learnt exactly what I want to see.
filoleg|3 years ago
Not sure what kind of a reality you live in or whether this is a satirical comment, but pretty sure that before TikTok existed, kids were not en-masse spending their time on YouTube watching educational videos about Thomas Jefferson or Magellan.
Also, kind of weird to bring up Justin Bieber, given his peak popularity among children happened over half a decade ago. TikTok has nothing to do with his popularity.
samhw|3 years ago
> Not sure what kind of a reality you live in
This sounds like a neckbeard fantasy of what an 'intellectual' childhood is like. In reality, I doubt any child has been raised that way since John Stuart Mill, and he was suicidal by 20.
Fwiw, I went to a school whose students, well- if anyone in the world were raised as described by that commenter, those would be the people. I can say without a doubt that the kids whose parents were even approaching that kind of attitude are the ones who grew up more depressed, and no more accomplished.
(My underlying point is that, needless hopefully to say, no one has ever grown up without idle entertainment. Well, short of cavemen, maybe. This whole "take previous generations'/societies' high culture and assume it's what everyone did day in day out" is one of the most irritating of the neckbeard tropes, in a strong field of competitors.)
sidcool|3 years ago
The OP seems to have made a bad choice of words, paranoid and conspiratory. However, the sentiment, in a milder form, is something I can relate to. The adverse impact of TikTok, Reels and Shorts are being studied and the early findings are alarming. It will have a civilisation level impact by the end of the decade. Even with the learning channels. They can add to the addiction of the nerds.
kingcharles|3 years ago
ckdarby|3 years ago