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Most people cannot afford to have it in their home. They will get access at school or shopping centre. Most kids don't have phones either but I really do get yo
by mmsimanga 2mo ago
Most people cannot afford to have it in their home. They will get access at school or shopping centre. Most kids don't have phones either but I really do get your point. The other danger is they tend to be susceptible to fake news and stories made up using AI. I have had cousins from the village send me a picture of a mermaid claiming she was caught in one of the rivers.
- ben_w 2mo ago> I have had cousins from the village send me a picture of a mermaid claiming she was caught in one of the rivers. For what it's worth, this also happens with printed books. I wasted the latter half of my teens taking New Age occultism and magical powers as a profound topic rather than a literature and culture topic, thanks to a combination of a bookstore chain near where I grew up and a mother who also took this all very seriously.
- JKCalhoun 2mo agoI wasn't suggesting that books are some kind of paragon of "truth". But as I think most HN readers would agree, there's just something… tangible about them that seems to stimulate the brain in a way that ephemeral images on a screen don't.