[brainzap]

The play-based childhood is over; the phone-based childhood is here.

[Cthulhu_]

Not universally though, the local skate park and sports fields see plenty of activity.

[darrylb42]

Just until they are shutdown to put in pickleball for retirees.

[chronciger]

> Not universally though, the local skate park and sports fields see plenty of activity.

Sure if “at least one match” means activity.

Back in the day, you couldn’t find parking for several blocks radius around every public sports field.

[hrimfaxi]

Thankfully that state is far from evenly-distributed.

[tyleo]

It’s here but do we think it’s better? Should it stay?

As a society we do get to answer these questions.

[LeifCarrotson]

As a society we've proven over and over again that we're unable to solve these problems that require coordination against greed. We've pulled the smartphone out of Pandora's box.

There's a 500B industry selling the phones, 2.5 trillion selling telecom services, trillions more selling social media, and most of the economy involves selling their products over the internet. Those are some HUGE incentives to maintain the status quo, or get people even more addicted yet.

I don't think our society is capable of answering that question and starting a Dune-style "Butlerian Jihad" and destroying all machines-that-think.