KiloGex

This is exactly my worry. Usually the reason a VPN is free is because they're selling your data on the backend. No thank you.

That's so frustrating.

I have a discord with 14 friends that we're abandoning. I created a Root community (yeah, not open source or self hosted, but it's what I can do) and we've had 7 move over in the last month. The rest have 2 weeks before the discord gets deleted ...

I mean they do sometimes without the proper safety protocols in place, but you still blame the user in the end.

Trust me, the GOP doesn't think it's a problem.

Ya, no shit.

There it is again. Have a day.

Absolutely. My spouse is a teacher and I have many friends who are, too. I see it every day. The "good" teachers use technology to the benefit of themselves and the students, using it when appropriate and when best applicable. No doubt there are teachers and students out there who use it as a crutch. Like you said though, we need to be able to switch between analog and digital, figuring out when either is better suited.

I play RPGs. I do all of my characters and planning and stuff with pencil and paper. I do a lot of my GM work digitally. You need to be able to do both today, or else you're not going to be prepared for adulthood.

The opening of every comment you've made. Each one was sprinkled with belittling phrases. Saying I don't understand nuance, or "spelling it out for me." Perhaps if you didn't go complete aggressor and wanted to participate in a discussion, you would realize our viewpoints aren't that different. But that's not how you wanted to handle this.

Perhaps that's how you've been talked to, or always talked to people, or you're just used to immature internet commenting, so you don't realize how inappropriate or immature it is. In any case, I'm no longer going to continue this conversation. Have a good day.

Again, I don't disagree. That's yet another reason why cutting technology out of the learning experience will only hinder development.

You know what apparently you didn't work on during school? Basic discussion techniques and the ability to be civil.

Computers have nothing to do with it. It's everything to do with curriculum requirements and the lack of explorative reading thanks to standardized testing. Other countries like China, Taiwan, and Finland have been able to adopt technology with no loss in reading literacy. It's because they have focused, thought out integration and not just slapdash by whatever corporation gives them the best deal.

I totally agree though. It seems like right now either kids are stuck in front of a computer with no prep or any other supplemental education, or they're completely unplugged and unprepared for interacting with technology outside of an iPhone.