Jewells of Thought

Bloganuary writing prompt

If you could un-invent something, what would it be?

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I don’t know… maybe video games or the Chinese created Tiktok. Both things keep youngsters on devices all the time. Kids seem to think they have to have their devices on at all times. When I grew up cells weren’t a thing yet. We played outside and played in trees and with each other. Now I watch my niece and her friends in the same room with their phones texting each other while they are sitting right next to each other.

My cousins and I were always doing something outside or with our hands and talking to each other. Their eyes are glued to those phones or ipads. Tiktok has two official versions: the one for the Chinese is more educational and the one they produce for other countries is the complete opposite more for dumbing down another population.

Too much device time is harmful for kids and adults. That’s why I am trying to allow more time for cross-stitch myself; besides the time spent doing so does help the brain to be away from a screen and also to challenge my brain a little bit.

I sincerely doubt though there is a way to un-invent a creation other than just stop using them.