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Apocryphon on April 17, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: TikTok is harming children at an industrial scale

I wonder whatever happened to Nicholas Carr, of The Shallows fame. I guess he's got a new book out this year but his critique is more "democracy in distress" now rather than "save the children!"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/books/review/superbloom-n...

sorcerer-mar on April 17, 2025 [–]

IMO people care more about their children than about "democracy."

Apocryphon on April 18, 2025 | [–]

Carr was probably too highfalutin in his focus, and a little ahead of his time. A shame because this sure sounds prescient.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_Google_Making_Us_Stupid%3F

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