UK plans to ban under-16s from social media and outlaw AI romantic companion chatbots by 2027

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt Jon wants private schools taxed into bankruptcy? Can you say more about this claim?

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt Cutting the heads off tall poppies, to 'narrow the attainment gap' preventing millions of children accessing dozens of REAL teachers in YouTube study & exam preparation videos & lives. To be replaced by 1 govt controlled AI app.

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt 🎯

@christiandean_ @naval @JonHaidt Good. This is a good thing. It’s just too hard for parents to battle stuff otherwise. It’s been here in oz for some time. I don’t see it any different to banning cigarettes for kids

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt And up is down and the clock strikes 13. The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt Last I heard of Haidt he was the leader of the anti-establishment, anti-fragile intellectuals. Then just one day I see him pushing this stuff.

What happened?

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt Yup. And when mental health metrics fail to improve he’ll be shown as the charlatan he is.

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt Yep he blew it. Fool.

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt Jonathan Haidt did not want that, but like many before him, he failed to realize that his well-meaning idea was not limited in its scope.

@christiandean_ @naval @JonHaidt Why are you naming Haidt? This is a strawman. He has argued for bans of smartphones in schools, but he's never advocated banning YouTube, and for sure not taxing private schools. You are extrapolating his positions into censorship/state-control claims that are not his argument.

@HeadWarriorTWM @christiandean_ @JonHaidt He has this nostalgic idea that children will suddenly return to the way it was pre internet, but that's just not going to happen.

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt read books and blogs... short form content is not what makes you learn

@christiandean_ @defossardf @JonHaidt He risks becoming the Paul Ehrlich of our era.

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt So sloppy social media discourse is the only non state source of information?

What about: The Internet, Blogs, Libraries? They are cut off from Social Media echo chambers not information

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt This is sick.

I asked once how will, for ex., smart young people find out what's possible in the world — for example, what career paths are out there, etc. @Keir_Starmer

@Martin_ASFL @christiandean_ @JonHaidt What happened is his position is being mischaracterised to further a political agenda.

@BestPaulSays @christiandean_ @JonHaidt A great quote!

@PaulClausen @christiandean_ @naval @JonHaidt There's a huge difference between addictive substances and entertaining sources of information from independent people.

Parents need better tools to manage their children's internet access, not handholding by governments funding schools churning out obedient factory workers.

Social media is how you discover blogs, books, and anything else worth knowing about. I've bought several books just based on recommendations on X.

Libraries take significant time and energy to use compared to clicking a link.

The smartest people on the planet share their ideas on here.

Like them or not, algorithms are trying to surface interesting stuff to you. Blogs and books do not surface themselves.

@christiandean_ @JonHaidt Or, hear me out, they can to talk to their parents. I know, it sucks for shitty parents that they can't just stick a screen in front of their kid. Now they have to interact with them. Oh the humanity.