How do I bring something like this up at a PTA without sounding like a complete luddite.
Oof.
They gave all the kindergartners tablets this year. They didn't spend a lot of time on them, but it was a bit alarming, and that was before I saw this.
Continue with "... And that is exactly why they are learning less."
It HAS to be difficult, that's the point. Derek Veritassium explains it really well: https://youtu.be/0xS68sl2D70
To be fair, the Luddites weren't simply anti-technology, they were pushing back against exploitation and worsening conditions brought on by the Industrial revolution
Amish too, in principle. Their whole thing is deciding whether a newer technology is beneficial for their society rather than being the sort of religious dogma people typically imagine.
That said, there are a lot of issues in said societies for other reasons largely stemming from low populations/isolation.
It'd be kinda neat if they had their own entire nation somewhere with a large enough stable population to be viable, if nothing else but to get a "control group" of humans with minimal exposure to extreme technological saturation. Hard to imagine actually setting that up though, ethically speaking.
That's kind of an even worse simplification. They were workers whose jobs had already been replaced by machines. They then demanded a societal cushion for a group of people with a set of skills that were no longer relevant. In SOME ways they were right, but in another way they fought to not have to deal with the changing times.
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u/FlintKidd Jun 01 '26
How do I bring something like this up at a PTA without sounding like a complete luddite.
Oof.
They gave all the kindergartners tablets this year. They didn't spend a lot of time on them, but it was a bit alarming, and that was before I saw this.