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Letting kids be kids seems more and more important to me over time. Our safetyism and paranoia about children is catastrophic on way more levels than most people realize. I believe all these effects are very large:
This should be thought of as part of the Cost of Thriving Index discussion, and the fertility discussions as well. Before I return to the more general debate, I wanted to take care of this aspect first. It's [...]
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Outline:
(02:31) Current Insanity Levels
(09:50) The Result of This
(12:15) Some Progress on Letting Kids Be Kids
(13:10) CPS Cares
(19:52) Panopticon
(22:37) They Even Close Playgrounds
(24:08) How Did Things Get This Bad?
(28:11) Let Kids be Adults
(30:12) Treat Kids Like People
(32:00) Lowering the Burden
(35:05) Screens
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By LessWrongLetting kids be kids seems more and more important to me over time. Our safetyism and paranoia about children is catastrophic on way more levels than most people realize. I believe all these effects are very large:
This should be thought of as part of the Cost of Thriving Index discussion, and the fertility discussions as well. Before I return to the more general debate, I wanted to take care of this aspect first. It's [...]
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Outline:
(02:31) Current Insanity Levels
(09:50) The Result of This
(12:15) Some Progress on Letting Kids Be Kids
(13:10) CPS Cares
(19:52) Panopticon
(22:37) They Even Close Playgrounds
(24:08) How Did Things Get This Bad?
(28:11) Let Kids be Adults
(30:12) Treat Kids Like People
(32:00) Lowering the Burden
(35:05) Screens
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First published:
Source:
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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