I hope that maybe Mimi can use VPN so she can come back again on PPG from china. And i also think that they should not ban but maybe that there are good rules or if smt happens than you can just report that and then i think there is not really a problem anymore. And if you watch too much than you can just have a rule for screen time bc that is normal in my country or that you cant use mobile in evening when it is too late or things like that bc that is better than completely ban everything.
I understand the intentions of this and completely agree that social media is a risk for any area of health and correct development of both the individual human and society.
But I agree with @Etienne on his take about natural selection. Preservation of the strongest. If we, for instance, design something that limits our screen time and forces us to leave social media and phones behind for the day, where is our use of mental capacity? our choices? we will stop using our will and strength to limit ourselves.
It’s idyllic to think that we are thinking beings, that we will have the capacity to choose when and how to leave social media. But honestly, these past years and how every generation to some degree have been becoming dependent on a mobile device to do everything, has shown that the concept of having a normal, unconscious will to decide when to disconnect is almost nonexistent.
If we give humans more tools to stop deciding ourselves when and how to do things, I think we’ll 100% have less self control.
Maybe I mixed words and concepts but I hope my opinion comes across correctly