Daisy Christodoulou (@daisychristodoulou): "I used to make the smartphone=smoking comparison but it isn’t great, for a number of reasons. I think the smartphone=car analogy is a lot better. Of course all analogies are by definition imperfect. All models are wrong but some are useful! https://substack.nomoremarking.com/p/…"

The app for independent voices

I used to make the smartphone=smoking comparison but it isn’t great, for a number of reasons. I think the smartphone=car analogy is a lot better. Of course all analogies are by definition imperfect. All models are wrong but some are useful!

Tibor Rutar

Apr 1

Tomorrow’s post.

The X comment Claire Lehmann posted the other day is a fairly common thought some people have when it comes to evaluating social media harms and the evidence base on which claims of harm are made.

But it’s also very misguided. It’s not true that we only have correlational evidence on smoking harms. And even just looking a…

What would Mr Toad make of school phone bans?

In the last 12 months or so, there has been a rapid, almost palpable, change in attitudes to children and technology. A number of anti-phone pressure groups like Smartphone Free Childhood have sprung up, while many countries are starting to legislate for various kinds of phone bans:

No More Marking

Apr 3

3:16 PM

The app for independent voices

What would Mr Toad make of school phone bans?

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