YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same
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#2I am sure the coca-cola boss limits his kids soft drink consumption too.
Re: YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same
#3Ye and Zuckerberg plugs the laptop mic with a dud cable.
I guess most parents try to limit screen time. But some have a hard time doing it since it is a great babysitter.
I try to do a total blockade of YT at home for kids. Watching other kids be hypnothized by the feed years ago was enough. The algorithm seems to converge to unboxing videos and surreal spam.
Re: YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same
#4All ages benefit from time-limited exposure to social media. We have a term for it now: brainrot. Fully convinced it is the cigarettes of our generation: ubiquitous enough to be pervasive despite negative externalities.
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#5Meanwhile “normal” (neglectful) parents give iPads or internet-connected computers to 5-year olds. They never stood a chance.
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Re: YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same
#7Ye and Zuckerberg plugs the laptop mic with a dud cable. I guess most parents try to limit screen time. But some have a hard time doing it since it is a great babysitter. I try to do a total blockade of YT at home for kids. Watching other kids be hypnothized by the feed years ago was enough. The algorithm seems to converge to unboxing videos and surreal spam.
> But some have a hard time doing it since it is a great babysitter.
We should be clearer on what it means. An iPad will satisfy their need for stimulation but not their developmental emotional and social needs, nor their fine motor skills and executive functioning skills (and it likely harms the latter two, unlike old-school toys). Boredom and non-excessive stimulation levels are essential to letting the child’s inner world develop. Giving young kids iPads so they’ll be quiet is a normalized form of neglect.
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#8I am sure the coca-cola boss limits his kids soft drink consumption too.
Does it really matter? Even if a billionaire’s kid gets hooked on Coca-Cola or social media, they still have vastly more resources (therapy, education, support) to overcome it. Meanwhile, kids in underprivileged communities don’t get that safety net. For CEOs like Zuckerberg or Coca-Cola’s leadership, that disparity is just a small price to pay for the profits their products generate.
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#9Somehow we've not had the problem (yet). They get bored quickly and self-limit themselves, though we reserve the right to look at what they're up to whenever we see fit. Having lots of extracurricular activities might be helping, but my introverted, nerdy self spent way more time glued to a CRT as a teen. Hmm, maybe that's the secret.. having a nerd for a dad makes tech look uncool! :-D
Re: YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same
#10Ye and Zuckerberg plugs the laptop mic with a dud cable. I guess most parents try to limit screen time. But some have a hard time doing it since it is a great babysitter. I try to do a total blockade of YT at home for kids. Watching other kids be hypnothized by the feed years ago was enough. The algorithm seems to converge to unboxing videos and surreal spam.
> Ye and Zuckerberg plugs the laptop mic with a dud cable.
Are you talking about Kanye West ? also can you expand what this means? "plugs the laptop mic with a dud cable"