L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAre smart phones destroying our mental health?interestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squarecounselwolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months 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.
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.