What You Missed
a chance for a second look at our recent content
We’re sending out this post because although the official “relaunch date” of The Technoskeptic was 21 September, we had an issue uploading the subscriber list from the previous website, so no emails were going out. We could see from the opening stats that our first few posts had only been read five times!
As of October 4th, that glitch is fixed, so we thought we’d catch readers up on what very few of you had a chance to read.
First up was our piece on Surveillance Capitalism in schools. Kids are being spied on and their data monetized around the world, and in dozens of countries it is their own government doing it.
Unveiling Surveillance Capitalism's Grip on Education
In a world where digital platforms shape the very landscape of education, consider the life of a high school student—let's call her Maya. Her days are filled with online courses, interactive quizzes, and virtual discussions, all orchestrated by a digital platform that promises personalized learning. Maya embraces the convenience and adaptability, believing she's charting her educational journey on her terms. Yet, behind the screen, a different story unfolds—one of surveillance capitalism quietly molding the future of education.
Next were two cross-posts from eminent psychologists Jon Haidt and Jean Twenge.
Professor Haidt eloquently makes the case for phone-free schools, a point which UK headmistress Katharine Birbalsing will also make in the coming days when we publish our interviews with her.
Professor Twenge provides the data that shows what most parents, particularly those of teen girls, have come to believe from first-hand empirical observation: that social media is very frequently bad for kids' mental health.