L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAre smart phones destroying our mental health?interestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squarebob_wiley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoShould it be inconvenient and inaccessible? A knife is a convenient and accessible tool as well, I could use it to hurt myself or others, or use it to prepare a nice meal for myself and others. It’s up to me how I use it, not the knife.
minus-squarecounselwolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoA knife is convenient and accessible as well true, but it is easy to understand that swinging a knife will hurt yourself and/or others. While social media doesn’t have that, we don’t automatically identify social media as dangerous unlike swinging a knife or pointing a gun. I do understand your point that the user is still responsible in some way, I just think that knowledge of its danger be more widespread.
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Should it be inconvenient and inaccessible?
A knife is a convenient and accessible tool as well, I could use it to hurt myself or others, or use it to prepare a nice meal for myself and others. It’s up to me how I use it, not the knife.
A knife is convenient and accessible as well true, but it is easy to understand that swinging a knife will hurt yourself and/or others.
While social media doesn’t have that, we don’t automatically identify social media as dangerous unlike swinging a knife or pointing a gun.
I do understand your point that the user is still responsible in some way, I just think that knowledge of its danger be more widespread.
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