I am puzzled why everyone is reaching for a ban. It seems the wrong tool to solve a complex social problem.
What is really being banned is *parents* buying smartphones for their children (or otherwise allowing it).
Some do it because they think the benefits outweigh the risk of harm. Others just cave in to pressure. Yet others don't understand the risks of harm.
A ban outlaws the good parents and treats the weak/bad parents as incorrigible failures.
#ReguloSolutionism will fail
Tom Stoneham /
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2024-05-22 09:55:34
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