how do you think instant gratification from TikTok and YouTube today will impact 13 year olds when they're 25? i think about this a lot

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yeah definitely not "good" but i wouldn't say its the worst thing, we used to say the same about how videos games were ruining children's lives in the 80s

brains will adapt, humans will adapt, it'll be very different in 15 years but i don't think it's "for the worst"

call me a doomer but i think we'll look back in 10-20 years and realize that tiktok was really bad for the brain development of children

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its not nothing, but its less than you think

when i was young ppl thought video games will rot your brain

As the great Jeff Tweedy said ... 

Every generation thinks it's the last

Every generation thinks it's the end of the world

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Young people have been victims of instant gratification since television was around.

I have two kids. 6 and 8 years old. They don't watch TikTok or Instagram but they do from time to time YouTube (Minecraft) and Spotify.

I can tell you that they cannot focus for long periods. The main issue is YouTube which we are reducing it as much as we can. It is it's design what causes... longcast.jam.so/jjGRJP