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Re:Studies Shoot Down Tech’s Harmful Effects on Kids – So No... by clubm8 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @09:43PM (#19073578)
>I'm concerned about interference with learning and development needed to interact with actual people and the physical world.

maybe the physical world is overrated

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Re:Studies Shoot Down Tech’s Harmful Effects on Kids – So No... by coldtea on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:52AM (#19074876)
Yeah, it's only the reality we live in... Who cares for that when there's escapism...
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Re:Studies Shoot Down Tech’s Harmful Effects on Kids – So No... by PhasmaFelis on Sunday February 03, 2019 @10:56PM (#19073880)
Maybe someday that will be true, perhaps if/when we crack human uploading, but right now meatspace is where your hardware lives and (for the large majority of people) where you need to work to support that hardware, and that's not likely to change before today's kids become adults.
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