Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet
by Buttons840 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:27PM
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This reminds me of a dank meme I posted several months ago: https://i.redd.it/ybo7ve1n51fa1.jpg Like a good meme, it's a bit exaggerated, but there's some truth behind it.
The point is there are a lot of big problems facing the youth today, climate change, political instability, economic instability/uncertainty (AI), growing inequality, etc, and the kids are not stupid, they have a sense of what's in their future. No wonder they have mental health problems. Rather than address any of the actual issues though, we'll just ban social media. Yes, that's what kids need, even less freedom.
From your article:
> Gen Z has the least positive life outlook of all generations, lower levels of emotional and social well-being, more unmet social needs, and were two to three times more likely to report thinking about, planning or attempting suicide from late 2019 to late 2020.
Will cutting kids off from social media help with their life outlook? Perhaps in a "ignorance is bliss" sort of way. What about their unmet social needs, will cutting them off from social media help with that?
The point is there are a lot of big problems facing the youth today, climate change, political instability, economic instability/uncertainty (AI), growing inequality, etc, and the kids are not stupid, they have a sense of what's in their future. No wonder they have mental health problems. Rather than address any of the actual issues though, we'll just ban social media. Yes, that's what kids need, even less freedom.
From your article:
> Gen Z has the least positive life outlook of all generations, lower levels of emotional and social well-being, more unmet social needs, and were two to three times more likely to report thinking about, planning or attempting suicide from late 2019 to late 2020.
Will cutting kids off from social media help with their life outlook? Perhaps in a "ignorance is bliss" sort of way. What about their unmet social needs, will cutting them off from social media help with that?