Hello, friend @tarazkp. I read your post yesterday, but I couldn't comment on it due to time constraints. And today I read another one. I'll try to give a brief opinion on both.
Undoubtedly, the course that social media has taken raises serious issues, especially for families and education. I agree with you on that concern, but not on the solution you propose, which seems a little extreme to me. I think it's obvious that all this development is driven by corporate interests, but I also think that there has been no effective policy on the part of governments to control cell phone use among children and adolescents and to regulate social media.
As for your second post, I read it and feel so distant from that reality. I live in Venezuela, a country that has been under the control of an authoritarian and totalitarian regime for more than 20 years. We are “light years” away. However, I think your concern is very valid. Here it is radically different, because our children and young people not only do not have access to a decent (free and democratic) education, but worse, they are defenseless against all this technology that overwhelms them and denies them the possibility of thinking independently.
There is much more to say, but I will only write this now. Best regards and thank you for your timely reflections.
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