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twirligigue | 4 years ago | on: Five year olds 'having panic attacks over socializing with their friends'

Home schooler here: our children have way more 'screen time' at home than the norm, I would guess. There's plenty of time left over for school work, board games, exercise, socialising, cooking, etc. No tantrums, no panic attacks.

I doubt that 'screen time' is a thing any more than 'page time' would have been a thing a century ago. I suspect it's an issue to do with mainstream schooling/parenting but I'm not sure what exactly. Maybe because computers aren't used much in schools? If you think about it many adults have 8 hours screen time per day, and what is education supposed to be if not preparation for life?

twirligigue | 4 years ago | on: What it was like to be peer reviewed in the 1860s (2017)

That was the age of the amateur scientist; the future belongs to the amateur, too.

Just as mainstream and social media are net evil influences on society, so by now is the scientific journal system with the enormous reach of its most prestigious publications. Signal is drowned by noise and attempts to garner attention play subtly with the truth and harp upon the fears and desires of the audience.

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20210524/studies-mo...