Screens are getting blamed again. Schools bought billions of dollars of devices. Now states want to curb screen time. It sounds like common sense. It also sounds like a shortcut.
Guys, its not the screens. The problem is what companies are putting on those screens: addiction loops, extraction, data grabby “learning” platforms, and the constant feeling that you’re the product. You are teh product, if you’re not paying for it. But, if you ban the screen, you don’t ban the business model. You just move it somewhere else.
Don’t be so simple. “Screens bad.” Everyone nods. No. Kids who already have support at home will still learn tech literacy, media criticism, and how to use tools without getting eaten alive by them. Kids who don’t? They just lose access. The gap widens. Quietly. Politely. On purpose or not, it still happens.
One quote in the piece nails the mood: “I think this is a moment when we are all feeling pretty exploited and taken advantage of by tech companies.” Yep. So the yoga answer isn’t moral panic. It’s practice. Not more rules for other people. More clarity in ourselves, and better training for the people we’re responsible for. It’s easy to forget that my technology abundant life isn’t the norm.
Through insight practies like Ashtanga Yoga, we learn the nuances of and between stimulation and nourishment. Schools could do the same. Teach students how feeds hook them. Teach tech literacy like it matters. Teach that “free” often means “paid for with you.” Then decide where screens belong.
If there’s an audit to do, do the real one. Ask which tools actually help. Ask who profits. Ask who gets left out when we simplify. And then choose limits with care—not as a slogan, but as a skill.