I have every intention of helping her develop a personal philosophy that helps her navigate through the world in the face of easy access to variable rate reward systems, opioids, amphetamines, etc.
But she lives in a society full of the consequences of these things.
Sheltering her from it won't shelter her from it. It's prolific, she's going to be exposed to it regardless. At friends houses, at school, at the mall. It is everywhere.
Her social groups are going to be deep into the dark well of these variable rate reward systems, their character and behaviors defined by their interactions with this technology. And she will be interacting with those kids.
Prohibition is not a solution. By the time she is 18, either she has a personal philosophy that keeps her from overdosing on this nonsense without supervision or I've failed as a parent.
But, at all costs, my daughter will be free: http://www.blankenship.io/essays/2023-10-09/
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Produc...
4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon after 1,100 reviews.
From the description:
"... by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Through consecutive “hook cycles,” these products reach their ultimate goal of bringing users back again and again without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging."
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/d...
We build 'addictive' products by design. Our children should be protected. I'm in the process of saying 'No' to my kids requests for phones and access to online services.
It actually made me LOL. Sounds like someone read https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Produc... and tried to apply gained knowledge to a door lock.
https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Produc...
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/07/what-...
For teen girls - the apps are designed to scare them about being socially excluded. For teen boys - the apps are designed to fill their need to master skills.
The issue that the government has to deal with with app addictions is self harm attempts by girls (e.g. emergency room visits) and underperformance of boys in the real world (e.g. low college enrollment).
If you are trying to make an addictive app, this is a good reference to understand the science: https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Produc...
BJ Fogg is a good reference too: https://www.bjfogg.com