ATTN, NIGEL...You might find this interesting.

[Doktor Howl]

Another thing that occurs to me is that this even reduces the really nastier risks children face...Because they're always travelling in a mob, especially when there's someone new to meet.

A large crowd of kids, all of whom are wired for communication.

[Doktor Howl]

AND that mob of kids is far less likely to be a pack of hooligans, do drugs or alcohol, or any of the other shit we did for "fun" (read, "O GOD WE'RE BORED") back in the dark ages.

[Doktor Howl]

Prediction:  As this phenomenon gets recognized, the usual suspects will try to "regulate" and "guide" it, "for the children".

Fortunately, they will be totally out of their league.

[Lord Cataplanga]

they will be totally out of their league.

Are you sure? The government will want to expand their monitoring of electronic communications.
They have almost always succeeded, so far.

[Junkenstein]

Prediction:  As this phenomenon gets recognized, the usual suspects will try to "regulate" and "guide" it, "for the children".

Fortunately, they will be totally out of their league.

I suspect that this is one of the fundamental unspoken concerns about Google glass. Every police force must already be pushing for some kind of restriction or ban.

Add a decade say to this tech, and you should hopefully be at the point where you can voice command a stream direct to a news network of your choice. Accountability increases, hard to guess how much at this point but probably quite a bit.

Transmetropolitan seems closer than previously considered in some regards.

[Doktor Howl]

they will be totally out of their league.

Are you sure? The government will want to expand their monitoring of electronic communications.
They have almost always succeeded, so far.

Good luck keeping up with 100,000,000 teenagers watching George Romero flicks.

But I'm talking about the CONCERNED people, who cannot trust kids to do something like this without PROPER OVERSIGHT.  Not the government.

[Doktor Howl]

Prediction:  As this phenomenon gets recognized, the usual suspects will try to "regulate" and "guide" it, "for the children".

Fortunately, they will be totally out of their league.

I suspect that this is one of the fundamental unspoken concerns about Google glass. Every police force must already be pushing for some kind of restriction or ban.

Add a decade say to this tech, and you should hopefully be at the point where you can voice command a stream direct to a news network of your choice. Accountability increases, hard to guess how much at this point but probably quite a bit.

Transmetropolitan seems closer than previously considered in some regards.

You can stop all sorts of shit, but you can't stop tech, especially once its in the hands of teenagers.

[Cramulus]

Prediction:  As this phenomenon gets recognized, the usual suspects will try to "regulate" and "guide" it, "for the children".

Fortunately, they will be totally out of their league.

my prediction (and I don't know if you could call it a prediction because it's already happening at full force) is that we're going to see other groups like anonymous - decentralized tribes aligned along a common interest, who become something like an extended family.

and that some of these will be perceived as dangerous

and we're going to see an iterated form of the anti-gang PSA and anti-drugs PSA, starring contemporary cartoon characters.


((also, these cartoon characters will be ineffective in stopping kids from joining the furry tribe))


just imagine the awkward out-of-touch parent/kid conversations.

"It's okay to watch a little anime IN MODERATION. But be careful of fandoms, they can become dangerous. One thing leads to another, and then you'll be writing Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers slashfic."

dad stares out the window with a look of regret, a single tear runs down his cheek

[Doktor Howl]

my prediction (and I don't know if you could call it a prediction because it's already happening at full force) is that we're going to see other groups like anonymous - decentralized tribes aligned along a common interest, who become something like an extended family.

and that some of these will be perceived as dangerous

and we're going to see an iterated form of the anti-gang PSA and anti-drugs PSA, starring contemporary cartoon characters.


((also, these cartoon characters will be ineffective in stopping kids from joining the furry tribe))


just imagine the awkward out-of-touch parent/kid conversations.

"It's okay to watch a little anime IN MODERATION. But be careful of fandoms, they can become dangerous. One thing leads to another, and then you'll be writing Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers slashfic."

dad stares out the window with a look of regret, a single tear runs down his cheek

Now I'm looking forward to it.

And damn right Anon is dangerous.  Good on 'em.  World needs shit like that.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Dok & Nigel, when did you start letting your small people on the internet unsupervised?

[Doktor Howl]

Dok & Nigel, when did you start letting your small people on the internet unsupervised?

9 years old.

[Left]

Wasn't a experiment done in Africa with kids using a cell phone, or laptop? Literally the kids retaught the village everything.

It showed communication is vital for progression.

Yep. A bunch of kids in a village were given tablets. The kids taught themselves to use the tablets, taught themselves English, and started hacking them and writing programs within 30 days, all without any outside instruction. They also taught the adults how to use them and started teaching them English.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Dok & Nigel, when did you start letting your small people on the internet unsupervised?

9 years old.

I really wish I could find the purse-clutching demon they stuck in my head, that guy makes life so fucking difficult.

[Left]

my prediction (and I don't know if you could call it a prediction because it's already happening at full force) is that we're going to see other groups like anonymous - decentralized tribes aligned along a common interest, who become something like an extended family.

and that some of these will be perceived as dangerous

and we're going to see an iterated form of the anti-gang PSA and anti-drugs PSA, starring contemporary cartoon characters.


((also, these cartoon characters will be ineffective in stopping kids from joining the furry tribe))


just imagine the awkward out-of-touch parent/kid conversations.

"It's okay to watch a little anime IN MODERATION. But be careful of fandoms, they can become dangerous. One thing leads to another, and then you'll be writing Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers slashfic."

dad stares out the window with a look of regret, a single tear runs down his cheek

Now I'm looking forward to it.

And damn right Anon is dangerous.  Good on 'em.  World needs shit like that.

You guys are warming my heart...

[Doktor Howl]

Dok & Nigel, when did you start letting your small people on the internet unsupervised?

9 years old.

I really wish I could find the purse-clutching demon they stuck in my head, that guy makes life so fucking difficult.

YOU:  Worry about them meeting pedos.
THEY:  Are too busy watching flash animation to meet psychos.

YOU:  Worry that they'll be exposed to violence.
THEY:  Play Minecraft while you watch Law & Order SVU.

YOU:  Worry about porn.
THEY:  Watch cheesy old horror movies together.