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Re:An open letter to India’s youth: Get off that smartphone.... by bondarchuk on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:51AM (#24878606)
I think by now we can safely say that the influence of TV on society has indeed been net negative.
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Re:An open letter to India’s youth: Get off that smartphone.... by aww_dang on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:56AM (#24878626)
If you have high standards in anything, most people won't get it right. Tools are only as useful as the person wielding them.

The generalization may be true, but concluding that there's no benefit or that we would be better off without would be a non-sequitur.

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