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"Jonathan Haidt is the leader of this particular insurgency. “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness,” his book exploring the decline of the “play-based childhood” and the rise of the “phone-based childhood,” has been on the New York Times best-seller list for a year. It feels, to me, like we’re finally figuring out a reasonable approach to smartphones and social media and kids … just in time for that approach to be deranged by the question of A.I. and kids, which no one is really prepared for."—The Ezra Klein Show

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iHeart‘Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of’ - The Ezra Klein Show | iHeart<p>There’s something of a policy revolution afoot: As of March, more than a dozen states — including California, Florida and Ohio — have <a href='https://ballotpedia.org/State_policies_on_cellphone_use_in_K-12_public_schools' target='_blank'>passed bills or adopted policies</a> that aim to limit cellphone usage at school. More are expected to follow.</p><p>Jonathan Haidt is the leader of this particular insurgency. “<a href='https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729231/the-anxious-generation-by-jonathan-haidt/' target='_blank'>The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness</a>,” his book exploring the decline of the “play-based childhood” and the rise of the “phone-based childhood,” has been on the New York Times best-seller list for a year. It feels, to me, like we’re finally figuring out a reasonable approach to smartphones and social media and kids … just in time for that approach to be deranged by the question of A.I. and kids, which no one is really prepared for.</p><p>So I wanted to have Haidt on the show to talk through both of those topics, and the questions we often ignore beneath them: What is childhood for? What are parents for? What do human beings need in order to flourish? You know, the small stuff.</p><p>Haidt is a professor at New York University Stern School of Business and the author of “<a href='https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/73535/the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt/' target='_blank'>The Righteous Mind</a>” and “<a href='https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557315/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind-by-greg-lukianoff-and-jonathan-haidt/' target='_blank'>The Coddling of the American Mind</a>” (with Greg Lukianoff). His newsletter is called <a href='https://www.afterbabel.com/' target='_blank'>After Babel</a>.</p><p><i><strong>This episode contains strong language.</strong></i></p><p>Mentioned:</p><p>“<a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/podcasts/the-daily/ai-chatgpt-boyfriend-relationship.html' target='_blank'>She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Like, Actual Love. With Sex.</a>” by The Daily</p><p><a href='https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674248229'>The Age of Addiction</a> by David T. Courtwright</p><p>“<a href='https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/'>Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?</a>” By Jean Twenge</p><p><a href='https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634289/stolen-focus-by-johann-hari/'>Stolen Focus</a> by Johann Hari</p><p>Book Recommendations:</p><p><a href='https://wwnorton.com/books/the-stoic-challenge' target='_blank'>The Stoic Challenge</a> by William B. Irvine</p><p><a href='https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cal-newport/deep-work/9781455586691/?lens=grand-central-publishing' target='_blank'>Deep Work</a> by Cal Newport</p><p><a href='https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Win-Friends-and-Influence-People/Dale-Carnegie/9781982171452' target='_blank'>How to Win Friends and Influence People</a> by Dale Carnegie</p><p>Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.</p><p>You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein-podcast' target='_blank'><strong>nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast</strong></a>. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html' target='_blank'><strong>https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs</strong></a>.</p><p>This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Jack McCordick. Fact-checking by Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair. Mixing by Isaac Jones, with Efim Shapiro and Aman Sahota. Our executive editor is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Michelle Harris, Rollin Hu, Elias Isquith and Kristin Lin. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser.</p> <p><p>Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at <a href='http://nytimes.com/podcasts'>nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.</p></p>

Reboot Loop

Man kennt sie: die Screens, die in der S-Bahn die nächsten Haltestellen und das Ziel des Zuges anzeigen. In jedem Wagen existieren sie mehrmals: oben vorne und hinten, sowie unten, bei den Eingängen.

Dass es sich nicht einfach um Screens handelt, die von einem Computer gesteuert werden, habe ich bereits mal herausgefunden. Stattdessen sind sie jeweils mit einem Linux-Computer verbunden, der offenbar nichts anderes tut, als einige Scripts ablaufen zu lassen und schliesslich die richtigen Webinhalte darzustellen.

Woher ich das alles weiss? In meinem Wagen ist gestern zum zweiten Mal innert zwei Tagen – beziehungsweise halt immer noch seit vorgestern – einer der Screens in einem Loop gefangen. Er erkannte die „normale“ Startpartition nicht, startete stattdessen über eine zweite Partition, eine „Recovery Partition“. Dort liefen verschiedene Scripts ab. Es schien danach fast so, als gelänge nun der Start. Das Ganze begann nach etwa dreissig Sekunden jedoch jeweils von vorn.

Da war dann wohl nichts mehr zu machen …

I saw a snippet of this display on one of my follows, then I saw one on a podcast.

So of course I wanted one.
Took me a while to google-fu them, it's a #Vestaboard 22x6 electromechanical wall display.
About the size of a medium TV.
These retail for, sit down for the price...

....U$5200

A new sign of a #tech affluence.

Semi-permanence in a digital world of constant change.

So of course, my first thought was... Fuck it, will make one with hookers and blow...

...and blow you will need, individual characters sell for $250.
#makers #screens #Iot

oh wow this is fun, #Screens for #iPadOS (i also use it on #macOS) has that Screens Connect feature but they also added a #tailscale integration so you get a populated list of your assets in a tailnet. everything in here will be commandeered by your private encrypted backplane.

if you're new to my #householdIT, i use tailscale to bridge two house nets. when i'm out here in PHL, i can still access the filers/media and household #AI back in iowa city. sweet!

also to facilitate cute #automations.

Is there some correlation between dark mode on screens and not being able to see text clearly? I have astigmatism and a few years back, dark mode was a blessing on every screen, big or small. However, now on my phone and small screens text in dark mode feels more difficult to read. Is it a contrast thing? Are my eyes just fucked? Also it seems there are about 99 different implementations of dark mode? Not just for dark black OLED screens. #darkmode #screens #eyes

#Screens "train us in convenience, which is training in predictability, in the facade of certainty. And when that facade inevitably breaks, we often find ourselves at sea.

"In the brilliant and ever-relevant Seeing Like a State, James C. Scott outlines the many ways states fail; principle among them is an obsession with putting things in order, with simplification and efficiency. More often than not, that efficiency translates into brittleness and weakness, into systems so fragile they break the moment something unanticipated arises."

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