Tech Sherpa

Curating discussion on #parenting well in the age of #technology

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Work replacing spirituality and religion.

“Even in my solitary pursuits, I feel like I’m connected to something bigger: part of a long line of humans who have toiled and strived, cheered in glee, and wanted to smash our laptops.”

https://t.co/RwKDgdp1Y9

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Long overdue first major piece on the fall-out that comes from #parents monetizing their children, or for profit #sharenting.

https://t.co/G5mxU8YBY9

[Sonia Livingstone @Livingstone_S]

“"These design tricks disproportionately occur in apps used by children from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, suggesting inequities in how young children's attention is exploited for monetization" ⁦@jennyradesky⁩ #DigitalFutures #ChildRights https://t.co/wpQcSsAcoe

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@PsycoachTP @DigiParentCoach Hope to access a recording!

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@JonHaidt @jean_twenge Curious if #Asia got social media earlier so some of its increases took place before 2012 and 50% rise was off a larger base.

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Ban #smartphones from schools.

#waituntil8th.

Hard to argue with the data.

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

High school students around the world got lonelier between 2012 and 2019. @jean_twenge and I found this in PISA data, and looked at what global trends correlated. Only smartphone & social media adoption. With links to larger reviews:

https://t.co/PjF7NbnQ8G

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@_TimOBrien It’s an honest metaphor reflecting the extractive nature of the internet economy. People are the exhausted, overly drilled land.

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Need to drive like mega-awareness of Zoom security issues since everyone not totally sick with #COVID19 uses it!

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

Every day there's a fresh Zoom privacy/security horror story. Why now, all at once?

It's simple: the problems aren't new but suddenly everyone is forced to use Zoom. That means more people discovering problems and also more frustration because opting out isn't an option.

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

The erosion of institutional trust hits us hard at a time when trust is exactly what we need.

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[Dean E. Murphy @deanemurphy]

Democrats and Republicans are lining up to get tough on tech companies that do too little to block images of child sexual abuse on their platforms. But expect big pushback from the companies, which are pushing for voluntary standards. @nytimes @mhkeller https://t.co/bWtbiHCWbz

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If you want to read one piece about how to prepare for the #coronavirus pick this one from @zeynep: https://t.co/OCmnIUKVIl

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

In an effort to convey that most people with COVID-19 have mild illness, I think we overlook that probably all of us have a loved one with a health condition at higher risk. We can all do extra to help keep those people healthy. 1/

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#parents and school districts should follow this case carefully.

[Screens and Kids @Screensandkids]

"Many students are required by their schools to use Google's products & services... there's no way to receive a public school education without having personal data collected by the internet giant." @courtneywatson1 #mdga2020 @BrianFrosh @ConsumerReports https://t.co/m3oDvFEh41

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Boring mass media didn’t collect our most private data and sell it to law enforcement agencies, or anyone who will pay top dollar for it. Our faces, location at any given moment, etc. No one likes ill-executed legislation, but denying the problems as done above is self-defeating

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This editorial a letdown. @andykessler doesn’t address @tristanharris pt about #bigtech’s invisible #assymetryofpower. It has #data, #ai, #uxprinciples, while as of 2016, many ppl were not sophisticated enough to know an ad from content. 1/2

[Andy Kessler @andykessler]

WSJ: Don’t Buy Into Big-Tech Hysteria https://t.co/UKn8tbOR6O Mr. Harris and tech skeptics describe humans as little different from pets, believing everyone who uses Facebook or an iPhone is a manipulatable idiot.

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Schools having surveillance technology designed for prisons is a #societyfail . It’s not happened yet but we need to think about why it’s even on the table. https://t.co/3tgvxsE1AR

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@Livingstone_S @aliciablumross Would be interested in an advance copy 🙏

[SedATL @Spyparent]

RT CommonSense: “Students and parents are a vulnerable audience who have little say in what products kids must use, and companies are taking advantage of them."- jimsteyer, CEO, Common Sense. via WSJ by yoreekoh https://t.co/9LTkwoTQIq

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@DrHoy480 @AlexaKaye3 @sgsteinberg Eager to dig into #sharenting research from all mentioned angles here

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Why haven't we heard more about Shoshana Zuboff's book? She apparently coined the term "surveillance capitalism." https://t.co/U6XfhVA8cK