![]() Not so with a book, or even slower-paced games and programs, such as "Sesame Street," Alter said. "If you put a kid in front of something high-paced, say 'SpongeBob,' that kid assumes that's the natural pace of things." ![]() "One of the things that happens with our brains is we get used to whatever is the most rapid thing we're experiencing," Alter said. You have to be very self-motivated to keep your nose buried in book after book." "But beyond that, books don't have the same hooks as screens, which give us so much feedback so rapidly that we're not allowed to get bored. "If you can show me a kid who spends as much time buried in books as kids do on tech, I would also be worried about that kid," Alter said. "Will their overexposure to screens mean they're generally not as adept, socially, as previous generations?"įor argument's sake, I asked Alter what makes the buried-in-tech experience so different from a kid who spends childhood buried in books - also avoiding interactions in the real world. "And we don't know how this will turn out long-term for kids who've spent the majority of their lives in a screen world," he said. ![]() "Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked," by Adam Alter. ![]()
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