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Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In... by hn_version_0023 on Thursday February 23, 2023 @04:31PM (#34916780)
That culture is created by a media environment manufactured by companies whose employee base are well represented on this site. This line is pushed on us, ad nauseam. Unsurprisingly, most of us are sick from it.
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Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In... by valleyer on Thursday February 23, 2023 @04:51PM (#34917054)
An alternative view is that our individualistic culture is simply an evolution of the American idea of "rugged individualism" -- an idea which somewhat predates the tech industry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugged_individualism#Influence...

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Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In... by jdminhbg on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:34PM (#34918387)
> That culture is created by a media environment manufactured by companies whose employee base are well represented on this site.

Are you saying then that "that culture" is a decade old?

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Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In... by bluGill on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:48PM (#34918548)
Yellow journalism dates to the 1800's. I'm sure much longer, but that is something everyone should remember from history class.
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Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In... by jdminhbg on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:49PM (#34918563)
That's right, which makes it unlikely that the FAANG companies are responsible for it.
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