I have every intention of encouraging my daughter to read books like Hooked[1] to understand why these experiences are designed the way they are.
I have every intention of helping her develop a personal philosophy that helps her navigate through the world in the face of easy access to variable rate reward systems, opioids, amphetamines, etc.
But she lives in a society full of the consequences of these things.
Sheltering her from it won't shelter her from it. It's prolific, she's going to be exposed to it regardless. At friends houses, at school, at the mall. It is everywhere.
Her social groups are going to be deep into the dark well of these variable rate reward systems, their character and behaviors defined by their interactions with this technology. And she will be interacting with those kids.
Prohibition is not a solution. By the time she is 18, either she has a personal philosophy that keeps her from overdosing on this nonsense without supervision or I've failed as a parent.
I have every intention of helping her develop a personal philosophy that helps her navigate through the world in the face of easy access to variable rate reward systems, opioids, amphetamines, etc.
But she lives in a society full of the consequences of these things.
Sheltering her from it won't shelter her from it. It's prolific, she's going to be exposed to it regardless. At friends houses, at school, at the mall. It is everywhere.
Her social groups are going to be deep into the dark well of these variable rate reward systems, their character and behaviors defined by their interactions with this technology. And she will be interacting with those kids.
Prohibition is not a solution. By the time she is 18, either she has a personal philosophy that keeps her from overdosing on this nonsense without supervision or I've failed as a parent.
But, at all costs, my daughter will be free: http://www.blankenship.io/essays/2023-10-09/
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Produc...